England legend Joe Root enjoys an exceptional record in all countries except Australia. England have struggled in Test matches in Australia and their best batsman of this generation is also struggling.
The Ashes has always been a one-sided saga for Australia when they play it on home soil. England never succeeded in breaking the shackles; Even baseball does not appear to be a threat to what former English players have called the weakest Australian team in Ashes history.
Many English greats have played the game over the years, and many have extraordinary records, but in contrast, the greatest English batsman, Joe Root, has never scored a century on Australian soil.
Joe Root scored his first century on Australian soil.
Joe Root made his debut for England in the last decade and has played for the Englishmen for over 14 years in international cricket. His statistics and his form undoubtedly establish him as the greatest English batsman of all time, as he has surpassed former captain Alastair Cook in all manners and records.
Root, who played all positions during his extensive career, scored his maiden century for Australia in the pink-ball Test at the Gabba. It is also his 40th Test century for England, the second highest by a cricketer in international red-ball cricket.
He is also close to Ricky Ponting’s number of centuries, as he has 59 centuries in international cricket, the most for any English batsman. With this century, Root now has 22 WTC centuries, extending his record over Steve Smith, who is second with 13 centuries.
England have continued to search for a Test win in Australia since 2010.
England have been regarded as one of the most successful Test teams in the history of the game; However, their record in the biggest rivalry has not been great. They last visited Australia to win the Ashes in the 2010/11 season.
Since then, in the 15 years, the Australian team has not only won all the Ashes games in Australia, but also won many games in England. With the new baseball technology of the game, England hoped to defeat the Australians with an aggressive brand of Test cricket.
However, the English bowlers had no answer to Travis Head’s aggressive counterattack in Perth. They defeated the British in Perth as the first Test ended with only 6 overs played.
The 50-run partnership between Jofra Archer and Joe Root took England past 300 at stumps.
After Mitchell Starc dismantled England’s lower order quickly, centurion Joe Root formed another partnership with Jofra Archer, certainly better than No. 11,11, scoring 30+ runs in a 50-run partnership and helping England cross 300 on the first day.
Root himself scored his first century, scoring 135*,5* and England will get more chances to bat tomorrow. It is definitely a better track to play on as England survived the Australian fast bowlers for a whole day.
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