4 times the last batting pair doubled the team score

#3 Phil Hughes and Ashton Agar: England vs Australia, Trent Bridge 2013

England v Australia: 2nd Investec Ashes Test - Day Four
Ashton Agar's 98 from number eleven against England in 2013 is still the highest score by a No. 11

Brief Scores: England 215 (Trott 48; Siddle 5/50, Pattinson 3/69) and 375 (Bell 109, Broad 65; Starc 3/81) beat Australia 280 (Agar 98, Hughes 81*; Anderson 5/85) and 296 (Haddin 71, Rogers 52; Anderson 5/73) by 14 runs

The Trent Bridge Test between England and Australia will be remembered for mainly two reasons: Australia's tenth wicket adding 163 in the first innings and local boy Stuart Broad refusing to walk despite edging a ball to slip, a decision which ultimately gave England the game and a 1-0 lead in the series.

Both incidents had one common name in debutant Ashton Agar, who, batting at number eleven in the first innings, ballooned Australia's score from 117/9 to 280 in the company of Phil Hughes.

Agar smashed 98 in quick time – still the highest from that position in Tests – and left the recognised batsman Hughes, who himself scored 81*, in the shadows. The off-spinner hit 12 fours and 2 sixes before being the unfortunate bowler whom Broad denied a wicket after Australia had lost their reviews in the second innings. In the end, England won a close Test by only 14 runs with James Anderson's ten wickets making him the Man of the Match.

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