On Day 2 of the second ashes Test at the Gabba, Jake Weatherald has been an absolute spectacle, not just for his half century, but for his batting stand. Weatherald came to open with Tavis Head, who left shortly after his brief show. But what the eyes caught was Wetherland batting, knees bent deep, body crouched so deep that he seems like a box with the lid half open- with a slinging bat, a looser upper hand and mumbling while reading the ball! Weatherald, the 31-year-old left-handed batter, got the baggy green, number 473 as a potential partner to Usman Khawaja, who batted at 4, and he did not even field in the second innings at Perth. And ironically, when 31 sounds not too young, he is younger than the eleven who won at Perth. Well, Jake Weatherald was never like this before. He had an upright stance, but he became more crouched after he moved to Tasmania. Mostly a front-foot player, his body stays a little up from what is exactly perpendicular to his hip. He tends to go a bit backward before shifting the entire weight on his front foot as it points at the ball and hits the shot. But his front tends to get stuck—an option a bowler might target to get an edge inside, or what Jofra Archer did—hit his feet straight away in front of the middle stump. Read also: How long does a pink ball Test normally last? Here is detailed analysis of the average life span Weatherald leaves with his highest Test score: 72 The Darwin-born Weatherald has experimented with his batting positions throughout his domestic career and hardly failed. He was a regular in Australia's own T20 League, Big Bash League, where he has often proved his hard-hitting abilities. But he wasn't consistent enough to be considered. However, his recent red ball records were decent, and then the game came literally from nowhere. Despite performing, he still never appeared in the list as a potential opener for Australia. Australia, on Day 2, had just one wicket left to take from England's side before they walked in to bat. Travis Head had his usual carnage but briefly enough to make Marnus Labuschagne join Weatherald. At Perth, he had just 23 runs, followed by a duck in the first. At the Gabba, Weatherald left after a speedy half-century.