Batsman who remained unbeaten on 99 in Test
Geoffrey Boycott v Australia, 1979
Steve Waugh vs England, 1995
Alex Tudor v New Zealand, 1999
Shaun Pollock vs Sri Lanka, 2002
Andrew Hall vs England, 2003
Misbah-ul-Haq vs West Indies, 2017
Jonny Bairstow v Australia, 2023
added 66 runs for the last wicket
England’s 9th wicket had fallen for 526 runs only. Bairstow’s half-century was not even completed at this time. He completed his fifty in 51 balls. After this, he started scoring runs fast. He attacked every bowler and quickly started moving towards the century. But could not complete the century. Bairstow played this innings in 81 balls with the help of 10 fours and 4 sixes.
Had to take single innings
Taking a single on Jonny Bairstow went heavy. He was batting till the end in every over. Australia captain used to field inside on the last ball and Bairstow was hitting the boundary. But Bairstow, playing on 98 runs, took a single on the third ball of the over. On the very next ball, Cameron Green lbw James Anderson. DRS also could not save him and Bairstow missed the century.
Hazlewood took 5 wickets
England started playing ahead of 384 runs for four wickets in the morning. Pat Cummins took the first wicket in the form of his counterpart Ben Stokes (51 runs), which helped England to reach 437 for five wickets, then the team’s lead was 120 runs. Stokes, who scored 155 and 80 at Lord’s and Headingley respectively, ended another crucial innings with an inside edge. Josh Hazlewood sent back Brook (61). He didn’t let the lower order batsmen walk. Woakes (0), Wood (6) and Broad (7) became victims of Hazlewood.