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Joe Root eyes history ahead of Ashes challenge in Australia

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English batter Joe Root is eager to notch his first century and victory in Australia when he goes Down Under for the upcoming Ashes later this year. Root, who became the second-highest Test run-scorer of all-time during the recent Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, averages 35.68 in Australia, but has not managed to reach three figures in three…

Root says Warner jibe ‘all part of the fun’ heading into Ashes

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Joe Root has brushed aside David Warner’s jibe that he will need to “take the surfboard off his front leg” if England is to triumph in Australia in the upcoming Ashes series. Root is Test cricket’s second-highest run-scorer of all time and widely considered central to England’s hopes of regaining the Ashes. But the 34-year-old…