Joe Root has ended one of the last remaining question marks in his illustrious career by scoring his first Test century in Australia during the day-night Ashes Test at the Gabba in Brisbane. Despite accumulating over 13,000 Test runs; second only to Indian great Sachin Tendulkar; Root had never reached a three-figure score in any format Down Under, making this milestone highly anticipated ahead of the series. England went into the innings in deep trouble, reduced to 5-2 after early strikes from Mitchell Starc. Root walked in at the third over and, alongside Zak Crawley, stitched together a record partnership to stabilize the innings. He went on to add a 50-run stand with Harry Brook before Brook fell to a wild shot. Subsequent wickets fell, but Root was joined by Will Jacks, who guided him

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