England drop FIVE catches on day two at Gabba as Australia profit from fielding errors and loose bowling to earn 44-run lead; hosts – 1-0 up in five-Test series after two-day Perth win – are 378-6 in

Joe Root hit his first Test century in Australia, an unbeaten 138 in the Ashes 2025 Pink-Ball Test, silencing critics and edging closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time run record, sparking debate and anxious speculation among Indian cricket fans,

Zak Crawley says he and his England teammates were "chuffed" after Joe Root scored his first century in Australia, finishing on 135 not out to help England close on 325-9 at stumps on day one of the second Ashes Test against Australia in Brisbane.

England’s Joe Root finally scored an Ashes century in Australia, scoring an unbeaten 135 on day one of the second Test of the Ashes series-opener

Less than two weeks after being dismissed as a "dud" Down Under, Joe Root finally shrugged the monkey off his back with a first test century in Australia on Thursday to breathe life into England's Ashes campaign.

England's Joe Root, one of the best Test cricket players of the modern era, achieved a remarkable personal milestone by scoring his first century on Australian soil. This happened on Day 1 of the second Ashes Test,