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‘I don’t think he will lose his hunger… will play another Ashes in Australia’: Michael Vaughan on Joe Root’s hunger for runs | Cricket News

‘I don’t think he will lose his hunger… will play another Ashes in Australia’: Michael Vaughan on Joe Root’s hunger for runs | Cricket News

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With his second hundred in Australia in the ongoing final Ashes Test at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), England batsman Joe Root has achieved what he hadn’t in his whole career so far. Former England captain Michael Vaughan has shared how he sees Root’s hunger for runs being the motivation for the England batter to return to Australian shores for another Ashes in four years’ time. “I don’t think he will lose his hunger. He won’t lose his enthusiasm. Will it be his last Test match here? I would think he has a huge chance in four years of coming back here. He would love to come down here and win a series.” Vaughan said on Fox Cricket. Prior to the Ashes, Root had never scored a Test hundred in Australia. In the 14 Tests played in Australia prior to the ongoing Ashes, Root had scored a total of 829 runs at an average of 35.68 with a highest score of 89. In this Ashes series, Root has scored a total of 394 runs including two …

STATS: Joe Root narrows gap with Sachin Tendulkar to under 2000 runs, equals Ricky Ponting with 41st Test century in Sydney | Cricket News

STATS: Joe Root narrows gap with Sachin Tendulkar to under 2000 runs, equals Ricky Ponting with 41st Test century in Sydney | Cricket News

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Joe Root has finally notched up a red-ball hundred in Australia, ending over a decade-long wait for a century in Test cricket’s oldest version during the fifth Ashes 2025-26 Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday. Resuming from his overnight score of 72, Root nonchalantly cantered to his 41st Test century in only 146 deliveries on day two morning, marking his second century of the tour Down Under after having notched up his maiden Test ton in the country in the Pink-Ball Test at the Gabba last month. The 34-year-old had never reached the three-figure mark in 14 Test matches held in Australia before the current series. Root equals Ponting Joe Root brings up his second Test century in Australia 👏#Ashes | #PlayoftheDay | @nrmainsurance pic.twitter.com/bXwBXY7nw0 — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2026 The Englishman marked the first international Test ton of 2026, a milestone that saw him draw level with Australia legend Ricky Ponting at 41 Test centuries, the third-most in the format, only behind Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45). Root also …

‘Ollie Pope is a lost cause’: Geoffrey Boycott tears into England batter after Ashes flop show | Cricket News

‘Ollie Pope is a lost cause’: Geoffrey Boycott tears into England batter after Ashes flop show | Cricket News

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The brickbats are out in full force for England after their 82-run defeat to Australia in Adelaide confirmed that their wait for an Ashes victory will continue beyond this year. The defeat meant that England have fallen 3-0 behind in the series. Australia have held the Ashes since the 2018, with England having failed to beat them in their last two home series and losing 4-0 and twice in 2017/18 and 2021/22. England great Geoffrey Boycott has now said that they have to take a call in changing the structure and dropping those who have consistently underperformed, naming Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope among the batters. “Ollie Pope is a lost cause because he never learns,” wrote Boycott in The Telegraph. “I think he would give his wicket away if he were playing in a county second XI. He can’t help himself as he finds ways to get out that I couldn’t dream up. Somewhere in his head there is a self-destruct button.” Pope has been on slippery ground since before the start of the …

‘It’s baffling, you’re six-and-a-half foot tall, it’s ridiculous to…’: David Warner on Cameron Green’s tactics on Day 2 in Brisbane | Cricket News

‘It’s baffling, you’re six-and-a-half foot tall, it’s ridiculous to…’: David Warner on Cameron Green’s tactics on Day 2 in Brisbane | Cricket News

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With Australia ending the second day of the second Ashes Test at Brisbane on 378 for 6, the Steve Smith led Australian team were ahead by England by 44 runs in the first innings with four wickets in hand. Earlier in the day, Australia were once placed 291 for 3 before they lost wickets of Cameron Green and Steve Smith in one over with Green getting clean bowled to a Brydon Carse yorker followed by Smith being caught by Will Jacks near the boundary. Former Australian opener David Warner has called Green’s tactics as ‘baffling’ apart from his style of keep moving around as ‘ridiculous’. “It’s baffling, you’re six-and-a-half foot tall, it’s ridiculous to keep moving around like that and playing white-ball style cricket. But when you’re so far away from your stumps, if he does (bowl) at the stumps you’re not going to be able to reach it, which was his downfall. Every single ball, if you showed the bowler back, anyone with half a brain would go at the stumps,” Warner said on …

‘Never has Ben Stokes needed Root more…’: Atherton showers his praise on Joe Root’s maiden Test hundred in Australia | Cricket News

‘Never has Ben Stokes needed Root more…’: Atherton showers his praise on Joe Root’s maiden Test hundred in Australia | Cricket News

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With his knock of 138 runs against Australia in the second Test of The Ashes at the Gabba in Brisbane, England batsman Joe Root scored his 40th hundred in Test cricket. It was Root’s first hundred against Australia in Australia and with his first Test century in Australia, Root has answered critics as well fans across the world. The England batsman, who is currently placed second in the all-time run getters list in Test cricket behind Sachin Tendulkar, took 30 innings in Australia to score his maiden Test hundred in Australia. With England placed at five for 2 when Root came out to bat on Thursday, former England captain Michael Atherton has termed Root’s innings as ‘innings of his life’. “What matters to him more than anything, is scoring crucial runs at a critical time. He was in for the 16th ball of the innings, at 5-2, so it could have gone horribly wrong. With Mitchell Starc knocking back (Ben) Duckett and (Ollie) Pope for ducks, all those memories of Perth flooding back, but then …

Matthew Hayden’s daughter issues mic-drop reaction to Joe Root’s maiden Test century in Australia: ‘Saved all our eyes’

Matthew Hayden’s daughter issues mic-drop reaction to Joe Root’s maiden Test century in Australia: ‘Saved all our eyes’

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No one was more relieved than Matthew Hayden after Joe Root finally ended his century drought in Australia. The England legend finally scored a Test ton Down Under as he brought up the feat on the opening day of the second Ashes Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, on Thursday. One would assume that Hayden wouldn’t be happy to see the right-hander go past the three-figure mark, but that’s not the case, as he had “more skin” in the game than you would expect. England’s Joe Root celebrates his century during the second Ashes cricket test match. (AP) It is worth mentioning that before the century in Brisbane, Root’s record in Australia was questionable, with several pundits and fans taking potshots at him for not scoring a century Down Under. Ahead of the Ashes, the entire build-up was about whether the 34-year-old could finally break the jinx. Before the first Test in Perth, former Australia opening batter Hayden had exuded confidence in Root, saying he would walk naked around the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) if the …

How a newspaper went from ‘Average Joe’ to ‘He’s not a bad Root’ | Cricket News

How a newspaper went from ‘Average Joe’ to ‘He’s not a bad Root’ | Cricket News

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No team has lost a pink-ball Test after scoring over 260 in the first innings, so it can be said – unless Travisty strikes – that Joe Root has put England in a strong position at the Gabba Ashes Test. However, the West Australian newspaper, perhaps with a Perth hangover, had branded England’s highest Test scorer, just 2235 behind Sachin Tendulkar, as a ‘dud Root Down Under’ prior to the second Test. Dubbing him ‘average Joe’, the paper had cackled at his failure to score a Test ton in Australia. Root had nine fifties and scored 900 runs in Australia, but his average of 33.33 hung like a millstone around his neck. His milestone century after he came out to bat at 5-2 forced the paper to backpedal after Root struck his 40th ton, ending all clichéd criticisms including ‘surfboard’ from David Warner for his pads. Scot Boland’s LBW shouts on 62 and 73 amounted to nothing, and despite a stutter at 88, Root glided towards his long-due century. Western Australia published a picture of …

Joe Root joins Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting in exclusive club after ending Test century drought in Australia | Cricket News

Joe Root joins Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting in exclusive club after ending Test century drought in Australia | Cricket News

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Joe Root ended his rather perplexing century drought in Australia on a day when the rest of his teammates largely struggled to deal with Mitchell Starc and the pink ball in the second Ashes Test at the Gabba. Root finished the day batting on 135 off 202, powering England to a score of 325/9 with Starc taking six wickets. It was Root’s first ever Test century in Australia but it also made him just the fourth player of all time to score 40 centuries in his career in this format. Root joined former Australia captain Ricky Ponting (41 centuries), South Africa great Jacques Kallis (45) and India legend Sachin Tendulkar (51) in being the only players to have scored 40 tons in the history of Test cricket. The 34-year-old has been on an extraordinary run of form over the past five years, finishing three of the four calendar years between 2021 and 2024 with over thousand runs in Test cricket and is widely touted to break Tendulkar’s long standing record for most runs in the …

‘Oh Harry!’: Michael Vaughan in disbelief, Stuart Broad raises questions as ex-England stars react to Brook’s dismissal | Cricket News

‘Oh Harry!’: Michael Vaughan in disbelief, Stuart Broad raises questions as ex-England stars react to Brook’s dismissal | Cricket News

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England were off to a nightmarish start in the second Ashes Test with Mitchell Starc sending Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope back quickly and making the pink ball talk early. They were then brought back into the game by Joe Root and Zak Crawley and Harry Brook seemed to be doing the same after the latter’s dismissal. However, Brook’s steady stand with Root ended in a way that left some of England’s former stars visibly frustrated in commentary boxes. With his partnership with Root on 54 off 69, Brook went for a big booming drive off Mitchell Starc with minimal footwork second ball of the 40th over, which was pitched up just outside the off stump. It took his outside edge and darted to Australia captain Steve Smith’s face and the latter did well to hold on. Former England captain Michael Vaughan was on commentary for BBC’s Test Match Special, who put out a video of his reaction to the moment in which he can be seen leaning back with his hands folded and a …

Ashes don’t need pink-ball Tests, says Joe Root | Cricket News

Ashes don’t need pink-ball Tests, says Joe Root | Cricket News

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Pink-ball games have been part of Test cricket for a decade now, but one contemporary stalwart believes they are unnecessary, at least in an Ashes series. Ahead of the Brisbane Test starting on December 4, England great Joe Root has questioned whether the high-profile series needs a day-night game and all the various dynamics that come with it. “I personally don’t think so. It does add to things. It’s obviously very successful and popular here, and obviously Australia have got a very good record here as well. You can see why we’re playing one of those games and ultimately, you know from two years out [that] it is going to be there,” Root said before training at the Gabba on Sunday. “A series like this, does it need it? I don’t think so, but it doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be here either.” Root’s apprehension may have a basis in England’s prospects in the series. The upcoming Test will be the fourth in Ashes history to be played with a pink ball, with Australia winning the …