Former Australian batter Matthew Hayden’s daughter, Grace Hayden, took to Instagram stories on Thursday, December 4, to share a post in which she thanked England batter Joe Root for saving “all our eyes". Grace’s post was in reference to Hayden’s old statement in which he had said that he would run nude around Melbourne Cricket Ground if Root failed to score a century in the 2025-26 edition of the Ashes series in Australia.

“He’s just the most complete package in the England side; I can’t believe you haven’t got Joe Root in your team. He averages 40, bud, with a high score of 180, and I’ll talk to you at the end of this summer. I’ll walk nude around the MCG if he doesn’t get a hundred this summer," Hayden had said during the All Over Bar the Cricket podcast in September 2025.

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