Joe Root’s father recollects how wife went into labour listening to commentary of 1990 Melbourne Test from Ashes | Cricket News
After Joe Root finally managed to score a century in Australia in what was his 15th Test Down Under, his parents revealed how the Ashes was something that was in their son’s consciousness before he was even born. Root scored a century on the first day of the Pink Ball Test at the Gabba. It was cause for celebration for the England star because he had previously gone 12 years and 29 innings without scoring a ton. During the first day of the Gabba Test, Root’s parents joined the TNT Sports panel to talk about their son finally scoring a century. There, Root’s father Matt revealed how his son was almost born to play cricket. When a panelist asked the parents what Joe was like as a kid and whether scoring an ashes century in Australia was a bucket list item for the young Joe, his mother Helen said: “He just loved playing cricket. He had a bat in his hand ever since he could walk. He was just constantly playing cricket.” To this, Matt …
