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 ...

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 ...

The Australian media have aimed their latest barb at England ahead of the second Ashes Test later this week. Ben Stokes' side have been licking their wounds since suffering a harrowing defeat inside ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) - Less than two weeks after being dismissed as a "dud" Down Under, Joe Root finally shrugged the monkey off his back with a first test century in Australia on Thursday to breathe life ...