During the team's brief visit to Tasmania, Jardine made his highest first-class score of 214.[76] In the fourth Test, Jardine only scored one run in the first innings,[53] before he was given out leg before wicket (lbw) despite obviously hitting the ball.[61] In the second innings, coming out to bat with the score 21 for two, Jardine scored 98 in a partnership of 262 with Hammond which was then the highest partnership for the third wicket in all Test matches. The scoring was very slow, and the crowd protested throughout Jardine's innings, even though he scored faster than Hammond. He was out when Wisden believed he looked certain to reach a century.