Record-breaker Agar stuns England

Teenage debutant Ashton Agar frustrated England with a record-breaking innings today, as Australia seized an improbable lead on the second day of the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.
At lunch, last man Agar was 69 not out, the 19-year-old breaking a 111-year-old record for the highest score by a No 11 batsman on Test debut of 45 not out set by Australia great Warwick Armstrong against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1902.
Australia, who were in dire straits at 117 for nine, 98 runs behind Ashes-holders England's first innings 215, after losing five wickets for only nine runs.

Yet they reached lunch on 229 for nine -- a first innings lead of 14 -- thanks to an unbroken last wicket stand of 112 between Agar, whose knock was the highest individual score of the match to date, and Phil Hughes, on 63 not out.
Agar, primarily a left-arm spinner and a shock selection for this Test after playing just 10 first-class matches for Western Australia, made a brilliant run-a-ball 50, including seven fours and a six.
Hughes, seven not out overnight, did what so many batsmen in this match had failed to do and stayed in to complete a 94-ball 50.

James Anderson had led the way for England with five for 70, his 14th haul of five or more wickets in an innings in 83 Tests.
Australia resumed on 140 runs behind England on 75 for four, after an overcast first day where seamer Peter Siddle rocked England with five for 50.