England batter Joe Root has finally crossed the one major hurdle remaining in his career, bringing up his maiden Test century in Australia. In the build-up to the Ashes 2025–26, much of the chatter ...

The English stalwart was well supported by Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes in century-plus stands as the hosts lead by 186 runs ...

Joe Root has become England's leading Test match run-scorer of all time. The 33-year-old overtook Sir Alastair Cook's total of 12,472 on day three of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan. He ...

Even after scoring 39 Test centuries, Joe Root was still defined by the hundred he had not scored. No longer. After 12 years of waiting, Root’s first century in Australia cements his place among the ...

Joe Root stood firmly by teammate Jamie Smith after the young batter faced heavy criticism for his dismissal in the first innings of the final Sydney Test. Smith once again showed promise before ...

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Joe Root received a typically tabloid reception ahead of the Ashes series opener in Perth, where the local newspaper described the star England batter as “Average Joe” due to ...

The headlines from Joe Root’s press conference when England resumed their tour Down Under were about him calling into question the need to play a day-night Test in the Ashes but the more revealing ...

Joe Root, inarguably the best Test batter in the past four to five years, entered the Ashes 2025-26 with a monkey on his back, and that being his below-par record in Australia. The long-time England ...

Australian cricket legend Matthew Hayden can finally relax. He won’t have to fulfill his promise of running naked at the MCG after all. Why? Because Joe Root has finally broken his Australia jinx, ...