▁w ick ets ▁on ▁the ▁last ▁day . ▁His ▁tact ics ▁were ▁un orth odox ▁as ▁he ▁took ▁ris ks ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁he ▁faced ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁bow ling , ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁was ▁batt ing ▁with ▁recogn ised ▁b ats men . ▁However , ▁as ▁the ▁inn ings ▁progress ed , ▁he ▁redis cover ed ▁his ▁batt ing ▁touch . ▁During ▁June , ▁he ▁scored ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁runs : ▁he ▁scored ▁four ▁centuries , ▁including ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 ▁which ▁saved ▁the ▁game ▁against ▁Sur rey , ▁the ▁event ual ▁County ▁Champions . ▁He ▁scored ▁runs ▁against ▁the ▁strong ▁bow ling ▁of ▁Lanc ash ire ▁and ▁York shire , ▁and ▁in ▁August ▁emb ark ed ▁on ▁a ▁sequence ▁of ▁ 1 2 ▁inn ings ▁in ▁which ▁his ▁lowest ▁scores ▁were ▁ 4 2 ▁and ▁ 4 8 ▁which ▁enabled ▁him ▁to ▁score ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁runs ▁in ▁August ; ▁no - one ▁had ▁previously ▁scored ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁runs ▁in ▁two ▁separate ▁months ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁season . ▁In ▁total , ▁he ▁scored ▁ 3 , 1 5 9 ▁runs ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 6 3 . 1 8 , ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁b ats man ▁to ▁pass ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁first - class ▁runs ▁in ▁a ▁season , ▁and ▁made ▁eight ▁centuries . ▁He ▁was ▁less ▁successful ▁against ▁the ▁Austral ians ▁after ▁the ▁first ▁Test , ▁possibly ▁through ▁over - an x iety