Perth [Australia], November 22 (ANI): England great Joe Root had a dismal outing with the bat during the first Ashes Test against Australia in Perth.

The right-handed batter was dismissed for a seven-ball duck in the first innings and managed to score eight runs off 11 balls in the second.

Australian speedster Mitchell Starc dismissed the former England captain in both innings.

Ahead of the Ashes 2025 series, Root arrived in Australia as the second-highest run-getter in Tests and the highest for England.

In 159 Tests, Root has amassed 13551 runs with a superb average of 50.94, including 39 centuries and 66 half-centuries.

Root has scored almost everywhere in the world, but he has yet to establish his legacy in Australia, where his record is not so good. For those unversed, the gre

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