England batsman Joe Root has scored another Test century, bringing up his 40th Test hundred on the first day of the second Ashes Test against Australia in 2025-26. This is also his first Test century on Australian soil.
Root reached the milestone with a boundary over fine leg off Scott Boland. His century came at a crucial moment for England. Scoring a hundred with the pink ball is never easy-before this match, Root had only one century in eight pink-ball Tests. He had also never scored a century in Australia, with his previous best being 89. The crowd erupted the moment he glanced the ball to raise his century.
Root had been waiting for this landmark for a long time. He finally ended that wait in his 16th Test and 30th innings in Australia. With this knock, he also completed 1,000 Ashes runs outside England. This is the first century by an English batsman at the Gabba since Jonathan Trott’s ton in November 2010.
It was a classic Root innings. Batting was far from easy, as the ball kept moving throughout the day, but he held the English innings together. After the dinner break, a mix-up between him and captain Ben Stokes led to Stokes’ run-out, but Root stayed composed and carried on to complete his century.
Root will now aim for a bigger milestone-and he will certainly want to achieve it. Notably, he has never won a Test match in Australia, something he will be desperate to change.
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