▁score board ▁tick ing ▁over , ▁and ▁England ' s ▁bow lers ▁looked ▁lost . ▁They ▁had ▁tried ▁six ▁bow lers ▁– ▁F ras er , ▁Mal col m , ▁Both am , ▁Hem m ings , ▁Cook , ▁and ▁b ats man ▁A ther ton ▁– ▁before ▁the ▁break through ▁finally ▁came ▁mid - mor ning . ▁Geoff ▁Marsh ▁was ▁eventually ▁caught ▁by ▁Both am ▁off ▁the ▁bow ling ▁of ▁Cook ▁for ▁ 1 3 8 . ▁His ▁inn ings ▁had ▁last ed ▁over ▁ 7 ▁hours , ▁facing ▁ 3 8 2 ▁balls ▁and ▁he ▁struck ▁ 1 5 ▁f ours . ▁The ▁inn ings ▁was ▁to ▁remain ▁his ▁all - time ▁test ▁best . ▁ ▁The ▁England ▁team ▁had ▁finally ▁removed ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁open ers , ▁but ▁his ▁partner ▁remained ▁stead fast ▁in ▁his ▁concentration , ▁and ▁was ▁now ▁joined ▁by ▁a ▁determined ▁looking ▁David ▁Bo on . ▁Bo on , ▁who ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁dark ▁days ▁of ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s ▁Australian ▁cr icket ▁had ▁remained ▁the ▁rock ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁order , ▁had ▁yet ▁to ▁score ▁a ▁century ▁so ▁far ▁in ▁the ▁series , ▁and ▁looked ▁set ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁right ▁that ▁wrong . ▁He ▁and ▁Taylor ▁b ree zed ▁the ▁Australian ▁total ▁past ▁ 3 5 0 , ▁Taylor ▁bringing ▁up ▁his ▁ 1 5 0 ▁in ▁the ▁process . ▁ ▁England ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁capital ise ▁on ▁their ▁break through , ▁and ▁the ▁Bo on - T aylor ▁partners hip ▁soon