Simultaneously, he surpassed the fifth wicket partnership record in Tests between England and Australia, heating the former 192 established by Braund and Foster at Sydney 1903-04, as well, as England's highest innings in a series at Trent Bridge.
Compton next reached his 100, which took him only 135 minutes, with a square cut to the tapes, thus becoming the youngest Englishman to make a Test century. Like Hutton, he joined the small kand of cricketers who have made centuries in their first appearance in a Test.
England's four centuries in an innings constituted a world's record in any Test, In ihe next over Compton's long innings came to an end, when he was caught by Badcock at deep square leg off Fleetwood-Smith. His contribution of 102 was the result of a stylish and chanceless knock, during which he made 15 boundaries. "The partnership produced 206 runs it 140 minutes (487 for five).
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