Joe Root finally conquers the final frontier as he smashed his 1st Test century on Australian shores on Day 1 of the 2nd Ashes Test. It took him 16 matches and 30 innings to achieve this milestone but he finally did it with a masterclass 135* in a pink-ball Test at the Gabba. Watch the historic moment as it happened:
One More Step Closer To Top
Joe Root now has 40 hundreds under his name, putting him at the 4th spot in the elite list of Test cricketers with the most centuries. The only Test batters who are now ahead of Root are Ricky Ponting (41), Jacques Kallis (45) and Sachin Tendulkar (51).
Mitchell Starc created early jitters in the English camp by scalping two early wickets and left England reeling at 5/2 at the start. But Root, along with Zak Crawley (76), stitched a 117-run partnership for the 3rd wicket and got his team out of trouble. However, he came to own and played freely towards the end of the day when he forged a 61-run ongoing stand with Jofra Archer (32*), taking England to 325/9 by the end of day's play.
