Joe Root’s parents revealed that they had “kebabs and a bottle of wine” at the hotel after the England great slammed his maiden Test century on Australian soil during Day 1 of the second Test against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane.

Root slammed his maiden hundred on Australian soil, reaching the milestone in 181 deliveries on Day 1 of the second Test in Brisbane. Overall, it was Root’s 40th hundred in Test cricket.

The former England captain Root took 30 innings to reach his maiden hundred in Australia. The right-handed batter became the second English player, after Maurice Leyland, to score a century on the opening day of a Gabba Test. Overall, Root became the eighth batter to hit a Test hundred for England at the Gabba.

Speaking to 7Cricket on the sidelines during Day 2 of the sec

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