this was followed by a low scoring second test in sydney when australia were 4/77 needing 223 to win on a poor wicket against the lethal pace of frank tyson and brian statham. the express tyson was bowling with the help of tailwind and the slips cordon were over 50 m behind the bat. harvey stood firm while tyson scattered the stumps of his partners, and he farmed the strike ruthlessly, protecting the tailenders and counter-attacking the england fast bowlers, relying on the cut shot and clipping anything on his pads through the leg side. schoolboys watching the game leaned over the fence to beckon the boundaries towards them. last man bill johnston came in at 9/145 with 78 runs still required, but protected by harvey he only had to face 16 balls in 40 minutes and they almost produced an unlikely australian victory. harvey continued to attack the bowling, and he hooked tyson over fine leg's head for four. together, harvey and johnston they had added 39 for the last wicket and halved the runs required. at this point, the australian pair were confident. harvey and johnston felt that tyson was about to run out of energy, and that their prospects would improve when hutton would have been forced to change bowlers in the near future. however, it was not enough and england won by 38 runs when johnston gloved a tyson delivery down the leg side to the wicket-keeper. harvey had played what many observers thought was the greatest innings of his life, a defiant, unbeaten 92, exactly half of the australian innings of 184 in which no other batsmen reached 15.