The Ashes Daily: Bethell's maiden century gives England faint hope
Sky Sports Cricket Podcast
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4.4 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Jacob Bethell hit his maiden first-class century and ended the day 142 not out with England on 302-8 in their second innings - leading by 119 runs.
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| 0:00.0 | A last stop, that is from Crawley. |
| 0:02.0 | Chris Wokes nails it for four. |
| 0:05.0 | The ashes alive and test cricket alive. |
| 0:08.0 | Ice in his veins, Pat Cummins, has led his team to a famous victory. |
| 0:13.0 | Yeah! |
| 0:14.0 | Go, he gets his scoring tail landing. |
| 0:17.0 | England's captain Ben Stokes while he is there. England have hope. |
| 0:21.6 | Put the beer away, put the champagne on ice, |
| 0:24.6 | 24 years of pain in Australia. |
| 0:27.6 | Finally they're beaten at home by England. |
| 0:30.6 | End of the fourth day, the Sydney Cricket Ground and only one place to start today Nass and that is with |
| 0:39.4 | John Jacob Bethel who played quite magnificently. He did and I just thought it was such a |
| 0:44.3 | lovely moment there because he took quite some time to work his way through the 90s |
| 0:48.9 | as he should he looked composed through the 90s as he did all day and then when he clipped it over midwicket |
| 0:56.1 | and to see his mum with a big beaming smile on her face, dad holding back the tears, I thought |
| 1:03.9 | that was such an emotional moment. First Test 100, obviously first Ashes 100, first first 100, and to do it at the Sydney cricket ground. |
| 1:14.1 | We love this ground. England players love this ground. |
| 1:17.8 | Jacob Bethel will always love this ground because this is where he came of age. |
| 1:22.4 | Absolutely, you never forget your first Test 100. |
| 1:25.6 | I mean, as you say, it's his first class 100. So when he nudged one and got to 97, he's in completely uncharted territory. And there aren't too many out-and-out batters who will have scored their first test hundred as they're made in first class hundred. Kumar Sangha Kar, our mate did it as well, but he should imagine it have been wicket-keeping at that stage as well. But his mum and dad, Graham and Giselle were in the Browongel stand. They were watching on other families there were there as well. So it was a very emotional moment, although he remained pretty cool. He seems a pretty cool customer to me. As he did throughout. He has that combination of cool, calm but confident. I mean I did the |
| 2:01.8 | interview with him a couple of days before the test match and I asked him does he |
| 2:06.2 | follow social media and if he's had a good day will he have a little sneak look |
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