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How Jacob Bethell proved he MUST be England's No 3 for the Ashes - and why he will strike fear into Australia in a way Ollie Pope cannot, writes Wisden Editor LAWRENCE BOOTH

LAWRENCE BOOTH: With every blow of his pulsating 82-ball 110 against South Africa in Southampton, Jacob Bethell reinforced what should already have been obvious.

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