after england had amassed 496 in the first innings, australia had slumped to 3/68 with bradman one of the dismissed batsmen. harvey, the youngest member of the squad, joined cavalier all-rounder keith miller. australia were more than 400 behind and if england were to remove the pair, they would expose australia's lower order and give themselves an opportunity to take a large first innings lead. upon arriving in the middle, miller greeted him cheerfully and said to harvey, "ok, mate, get up the other end. i'll take the bowling for a while until you get yourself organised." harvey said, "mate, that will do me." i couldn't get up the other end quick enough. i watched him play a few overs and i thought, "this is good", and then they brought laker on to bowl. the third and the fifth balls of laker's over disappeared over my head, on the way up, and they both finished in the crowd for six. . . . i can honestly thank keith miller for the confidence he gave me during our partnership . . . and it did so much for my future cricket career."