Ashton Agar's 98 Runs Set A New Record For The Ashes

A 19-year-old lefty spin bowler named Ashton Agar, making his test match debut, came in to bat at the eleventh spot with Australia trailing badly and looking doomed and put up 98 runs, the world record for an 11th batsmen in test matches. This is basically the equivalent of a Dwight Gooden or Fernando Valenzuela type pitcher at 19 hitting a grand slam in his first World Series at bat multiplied by an order of magnitude or two. This is only day 2 of the first test match of 5 test matches, but it ...