The former England captain and veteran batter Joe Root made headlines when he scored his first century on Australian soil in the Ashes 2025 Pink-Ball Test against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane.

Joe Root is the highest run-scorer in Test cricket among active players. The Englishman is a Test specialist and has scored most of his career runs in the red-ball format. The veteran English batter ...

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 ...

Mitchell Starc continued his fine wicket-taking form, while Joe Root celebrates his century Cameron Spencer/Getty Images; David Gray/AFP via Getty Images The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp ...

But there was someone even more confident than Root. Before the Ashes 2025-26 kicked off, Hayden had made a bet that if Root didn’t score a century on this tour, he would run naked at the MCG. Joe ...

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 ...

BRISBANE, Australia(AP) — After waiting a dozen years and 15 test matches, Joe Root took a little extra time to savor his first Ashes hundred in Australia. He took off his batting helmet, kissed 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 ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Joe Root and Harry Brook shared a 154-run partnership to guide England to 211-3 before bad light stopped play on Day 1 of the final Ashes test, which ...

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 ...