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Ashes 5th Test: Travis Head's unbeaten 91 helps Australia close on 166/2 (
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Australia opener Travis Head's brilliant half-century has helped his side to trail by xx runs in response to England's first innings score of 384 at the stumps on Day 2 of the ongoing fifth and final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Monday.
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Root hails Bethell's "conviction" during match-sealing knock at MCG, expre
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Bethell, the generation next of England and in line to replace their iconic all-rounder Ben Stokes once he hangs up his boots, gave a glimpse of what he could offer at number three with a brilliant knock of 40 runs in front of a jam-packed Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), helping England avoi
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Joe Root admits first Test century in Australia was a "relief"
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Root kick-started his Ashes series in Australia with two single-digit scores at Perth, with his Test legacy as an all-conquering legend in question. However, in a technical masterclass at Brisbane during the pink-ball Test, Root ended all doubts about his greatness, scoring a patient 138-run
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"Played the innings of his life": Atherton hails Root following his maiden
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Having scored runs all over the world and converting his half-centuries into hundreds at a ridiculously high rate in the decade of 2020s, Root managed to get a massive weight off his chest, mind and entire body as he slammed his first-ever Test century in Australia, something that he needed
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Crawley hails "champion bloke" Root after veteran breaks Test century drou
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Root, who had gone 15 Tests and 29 innings without a Test century in Australia, finally got the monkey off his back and registered a century that could do wonders to his Test legacy as the years roll on. Already the second-highest run-getter of all time chasing Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar's
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Root's legacy-defining century, Starc making history: Pink-ball Test day o
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
England ended the day one at 325/9. The quickfire half-century between centurion Root and Jofra Archer pushed England past the 300-run mark after they had been reduced to 264/9. This bodes really well for England as far as this Test is concerned, as no side has ever lost a day-night Test aft
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Joe Root finally breaks century drought in Australia, scores legacy-defini
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Root finally reached the three-figure mark in Australia during the pink-ball Test match against the Aussies and the second Test of the five-match series. 13 years after his Test debut, Root finally achieved the elusive three-figure mark at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in 181 balls, with 11 fo
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"It would be the best achievement....": Root aims to win Ashes, even witho
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
The series will be a vital one for Root's legacy, who, despite his massive Test numbers, centuries and records in the 2020s, is yet to score a Test century in Australia. While he is the second-highest run-getter of all time in Test cricket and is chasing the record of Indian icon Sachin Tend
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Former Australian cricketer Hogg predicts Root will be "total failure" in
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Former Australian cricketer Rodney Hogg has predicted that England's premier batter Joe Root will be a "total failure" during the Ashes Down Under, stating that his technique "does not work in Australia".
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"Joe Root is a nicker": Ex- Aussie spinner's jibe at England's premier bat
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The upcoming Ashes series in Australia, with the first ball to be bowled at Perth from November 21 onwards, is very vital to Root's legacy. Already the second-highest run-getter of all time in Tests and racing towards Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar's mark of 15,921 runs, he would be aiming
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Hayden gives himself wild Ashes dare if Root fails to break century drough
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Ashes series in Australia will be an extremely crucial one both for England and Root himself. For England, this will be their chance to win the first away Ashes since 2011 and their first overall since 2015. It would be the ultimate Test of their 'Bazball' school of cricket under skipper
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"Last two years, he's been incredible": Steve Smith hails Joe Root ahead o
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Australia's talismanic batter Steve Smith was full of praise for right-hand batter Joe Root, saying that he has been "incredible" in the last two years for England in Test cricket.
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