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Debutant Ashton Agar celebrates his first wicket in Test cricket. Source: Gareth Copley / Getty Images
TEENAGE sensation Ashton Agar has continued an extraordinary debut, claiming his first Test wicket on the third morning of the first Test at Trent Bridge.
Less than a day after he blazed a history-making 98, the 19-year-old left arm spinner had England captain Alastair Cook caught at slip by Michael Clarke for 50.
By lunch England had moved to 4-157, an overall lead of 92, with Ian Bell unbeaten on 20 and Jonny Bairstow 13 not out on a slow, low pitch not conducive to stroke play.
The delivery deceived Cook with its bounce as he played across the line and Clarke leapt high to gather it one-handed.
Agar was mobbed by excited team mates as he celebrated with unrestrained joy.
The England skipper has a poor record at Trent Bridge. It was his first half-century in seven Tests at the ground.
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Agar's breakthrough came shortly after Australia claimed the vital wicket of Kevin Pietersen.
Resuming on 35, Pietersen had played carefully for 64, his 31st half century in 95 Tests.
However his 23rd century eluded him when the former South African attempted to punch a delivery from James Pattinson off the back foot and dragged the ball into his stumps.
Cook and Pietersen added 110 in almost four hours such was the care they took with their batting.
Pattinson thought he had another wicket when an inswinging yorker hit Bell low on the front pad.
The initial appeal was turned down and a review showed the ball clearly swinging down the leg side, leaving Australia without a review for the remainder of England's second innings.
Agar may have been a hero with the bat but he knows his real job is with the ball.
He finished with 0-24 on the opening day when he was a surprise inclusion and had 0-29 from nine overs when England went to stumps on the second day at 2-80 in their second innings, an overall lead of just 15.
Agar's early introduction on day two was understandable given that Pietersen has a well known weakness against left arm spin and the dangerous batsman played the rookie with care.
Having been dismissed for a history-making 98 on the second day, would Agar prefer a century or five wickets?
"I'd like either one but it'd be nice to take five for now that I didn't get the hundred," he said before play.
Shane Watson bowled for the third day in a row despite concerns with a left calf niggle which kept the injury prone all-rounder to just four overs in the first innings.
Having bowled three maiden overs on the second day, Watson did not concede a run yesterday until the fourth balls of his sixth over, when Ian Bell opened the face of his bat and steered the ball behind point for two.
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