Sydney, Jan. 7 -- Jacob Bethell's maiden first-class century in the fifth Ashes Test has placed the young England all-rounder in an elite and an unusual club, underlining the significance of his breakthrough knock at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Day Four.
With this innings, Bethell became only the fifth cricketer in international history to score both a maiden first-class hundred and a maiden List-A hundred, joining a select list that includes Kapil Dev, Marlon Samuels, Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Curtis Campher. The milestone highlighted the rare versatility of the 22-year-old, whose early international career has already been marked by telling contributions across formats.
Bethell's hundred also carried considerable historical weight in the ...