England batter Joe Root has finally crossed the one major hurdle remaining in his career, bringing up his maiden Test century in Australia. In the build-up to the Ashes 2025–26, much of the chatter centred on whether Root would finally end his century drought Down Under. The England stalwart needed only three innings to silence the discussion, producing a phenomenal knock of 138 off 206 balls in the first innings of the second Test in Brisbane.
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With that innings, he removed the only blemish on what has been an extraordinary Test career, one that has reached even gre
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