During the first ball of the first session of day two, Root completed his 37th Test ton with a boundary. He was ultimately castled by Jasprit Bumrah for the 11th time, scoring 104 in 199 balls with 10 fours.
Following David Warner's retirement at the end of 2023 and Marnus Labuschagne's recent dip in form, Australia have fielded a new-look top three featuring Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, and Cameron Green. This reshuffled top order has drawn criticism from former England bowler Stuart Broad, who
Australia batter Cameron Green underlined the importance of "bouncing back" from "tough times" and stated he will certainly take out a few "positives" from his resilient knock of 52 from 123 balls in the second innings of the second Test against West Indies at National Cricket Stadium, St Ge
Right-hand batter Steve Smith returned to the line-up as the Australian side announced their playing XI for the second Test against West Indies, which will be played from July 3 to 8.
Australia's right-hand batter Steve Smith is likely to feature in the playing XI for his national team for the second Test of the three-match series against the West Indies.
Australia's talismanic batter Steve Smith has come out in defence of batting coach Michael Di Venuto following backlash from former Test wicketkeeper Ian Healy, who claimed the Baggy Greens top-order has "regressed" in recent years.
Australia batter Steve Smith remains optimistic about recovering in time to make his return from injury for the second Test against the West Indies in Grenada, as per the official website of International Cricket Council (ICC).
The second Test will be taking place at Birmingham from Wednesday onwards. India is trailing 0-1 in the series, failing to defend 371 runs against the hosts. Root had a solid outing, as he scored 28 and an unbeaten 53*.
Australia's batting mainstay Steve Smith is set to rejoin the squad in Barbados and had a crack in the nets as he strives to prove his fitness ahead of the second Test against the West Indies.
West Indies, who denied Australia an easy series win at home last year, ended it in a draw by leaving them eight runs short of a chase of 216 runs. Shamar was the star of the show, taking 7/68, including a wicket of Steve Smith in the series. He ended the tour with a total of 13 wickets in t