Joe Root finally scored a century in an Ashes Test in Australia for England, ending a long wait. The world's top-ranked Test batter broke a 15-match century drought in Australia. Joe Root (L) and Matthew Hayden (R). (PIC - X)

Joe Root finally scored a century in an Ashes Test in Australia for England, ending a long wait. The world’s top-ranked Test batter broke a 15-match century drought in Australia, which had lasted since 2013, by reaching triple figures on Thursday during the first session of Day 1 in the second Test at the Gabba. This is Root’s fourth Ashes tour in Australia, where his previous best score was 89. He had made just 0 and 8 in England’s eight-wicket defeat in the opening Test in Perth.

One person who was probably even more relieved than Root was Matthew Hayden. In Sept

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