Ashton Agar wins the hearts of mothers across Australia Ashes cricket star Ashton Agar and his girlfriend Madi Hay. Teenage debutant Ashton Agar has produced one of the great Ashes innings in the first Test. He doesn't smoke, doesn't swear, cries with his mum, is manly enough to say he loves his brothers - and he was so proud to be chosen for the Australian Ashes team he only had to say "I am playing" quietly to his dad John for the two to become speechless. What's not to love about Ashton Agar? Like every mother across Australia, I want my daughter to marry this man. He does have a girlfriend - Perth law student Madi Hay, to whom he blew a kiss while walking off-field on Thursday after his history-making innings. But Ashton's undeniable appeal - devilish grin, handsome looks and ink-free skin - explains why social media and talkback have been dominated by feminine sighings. Follow all the Ashes action The young Ashton idolised Steve Waugh - but he modelled his world-beating batting style on his littlest sibling Wesley, 16. The Sunday Telegraph can reveal Agar's triumphant Test debut at Trent Bridge - a history-making 98 runs at the 11th batting position - had its roots in a match in suburban Melbourne, just before Christmas. Ashton had gone down to the game to watch Wesley play in the Richmond club grade thirds and was struck by his smashing and fearless batting technique. Subconsciously Ashton had taken in Wesley's flair for years but it suddenly dawned on him that Wesley was also notable for his bravery as a batsman. Ashton was happy to admit to the world he had taken Wes's advice. "I just try and emulate my little brother, if I can play anything like he can I will be happy," Ashton said after his innings. Wesley said: "I play without fear, if the ball is kept up, I don't see why I don't hit it. We spoke about it after (the club match) and he changed his approach from then too. Brotherly battle: Ashton bowls to Will, with Wesley keeping. While Wesley is the fast bowler in the thirds, he bats down the order at number seven. It's the middle brother William, 17, smaller in stature, who is the top order batsman for Richmond seconds. "I think we are all just about as good as each other," said William, vice-captain of his De La Salle college in Malvern. That's all good news for the future fortune of the Australian cricket team that has a history of sibling success in the Waugh and Chappell brothers. The Agars' home in Melbourne's Bentleigh has been peppered with tennis balls from their street cricket games for years. The local shop sells second-hand tennis balls and the boys instruct mum Sonia to stock up on her weekly shop. Before Ashton left for Western Australia last year, the boys would be out the front after school for three or four hours every day until dark. When their mate up the road, Jack Watson, who has cerebral palsy, joins in, Ashton insists he is on his team and they square off against Wesley and William. But often it is just one batsman 6m away (a third of the distance of a regular cricket wicket). Sometimes they play Twenty20 games of four overs each. William said Ashton holds the record at 120 "or something." "If you hit the window of the house across the road you are out, so we try to hit the roof for six," said William, who said he models his own style upon Phil Hughes. I pick Phil Hughes, so I don't hit the window, it's always the roof. So seeing Ashton combine for a record-breaking partnership with Hughes this week was special then? William's eyes widen at the memory. 'Oh yeah, I had my two favourite players out there in the middle, it doesn't get any better. Wesley said he models his own game on Shane Watson. "I love his technique where he pushes his pad back when he bats, so I do the same," he said. Their father, John, says his role is quite specific. "I am the referee and window fixer," he said, adding if anyone had a portable Umpire Decision Review System - the computer-assisted oversight used in Test cricket - he'd like to buy it. The boys' mother Sonia said Ashton had always had a ball in his hand and while he first played cricket aged eight, John would be throwing balls to him underarm "all the time" from Ashton's toddler days. In her phone Sonia has a photo of Ashton aged three, tiny bat in hand, wearing her own hockey shin-pads. Cute, isn't he? Sonia said. Sonia says they have always encouraged the boys to play outside and they didn't have electronic games - so now that Ashton is in Perth his brothers miss him terribly. It is just so wonderful to be here all together. I haven't seen him for three months so I have been thrilled," Sonia said. Ms Hay's family in Perth stayed up late on Thursday night watching Madi's brilliant boyfriend, as did the family of Ashton's friend William Bosisto, with whom the cricketer has been living in Cottesloe since moving to Perth last year to play with the Western Warriors. Mr Bosisto's mother, Helen Bosisto, said Ashton was a "delightful person. The success is through talent and dedication," Mrs Bosisto said.