Statistics: Joe Root compresses Sachin Tendulkar's lead of less than 2000 runs, equals Ricky Ponting's with 41st Test century in Sydney
Joe Root has finally scored a red-ball century in Australia, ending more than a decade of wait in the oldest version of Test cricket during the fifth Ashes 2025-26 Test in Sydney cricket is the ground on Monday.
Resuming with his overnight score of 72, Root hit his 41st Test century in just 146 balls on a two-day morning, marking his second century of the tour last month after scoring his first Test century in the country in the Pink-Ball Test at Gabba. The 34-year-old had never reached the three-figure mark in 14 Test matches held in Austria in the current series before Aaliyah.
Joe Root scores his second Test century in Australia 👏#Ashes | #PlayoftheDay | @nrmainsurance pic.twitter.com/bXwBXY7nw0
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2026
This Englishman Marked the first international Test century of 2026, a milestone that drew him to the level with Australian legend Ricky Ponting in 41 Test centuries, the third-highest century in the format Only Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45) were behind.
Root also scored a huge figure with his 60th international century, making him only the sixth batsman in history to reach the historic AC. Root's numbers also rank second among active cricketers, only India's superstar Virat Kohli is ahead of him in 623 innings with 84 centuries in various formats.
ry brook in spite of every look (84), Ben Stokes (0) and Jamie Smith (46) come in at the other end, Root went past lunch on the second day and scored his 17th career 150-plus score in Test cricket, making it four Tendulkar (20) highest position on the chart ever led by.
Root, who is said to have broken Tendulkar's era record Test run, has now narrowed the gap with the Indian batting legend to under 2,0 00 for runs inMet. While Tendulkar has scored 15,921 runs in 329 innings during his 24-year career, Root has been scoring 14,000 runs at an average of 51.39.
Resuming with his overnight score of 72, Root hit his 41st Test century in just 146 balls on a two-day morning, marking his second century of the tour last month after scoring his first Test century in the country in the Pink-Ball Test at Gabba. The 34-year-old had never reached the three-figure mark in 14 Test matches held in Austria in the current series before Aaliyah.
Joe Root scores his second Test century in Australia 👏#Ashes | #PlayoftheDay | @nrmainsurance pic.twitter.com/bXwBXY7nw0
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2026
This Englishman Marked the first international Test century of 2026, a milestone that drew him to the level with Australian legend Ricky Ponting in 41 Test centuries, the third-highest century in the format Only Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45) were behind.
Root also scored a huge figure with his 60th international century, making him only the sixth batsman in history to reach the historic AC. Root's numbers also rank second among active cricketers, only India's superstar Virat Kohli is ahead of him in 623 innings with 84 centuries in various formats.
ry brook in spite of every look (84), Ben Stokes (0) and Jamie Smith (46) come in at the other end, Root went past lunch on the second day and scored his 17th career 150-plus score in Test cricket, making it four Tendulkar (20) highest position on the chart ever led by.
Root, who is said to have broken Tendulkar's era record Test run, has now narrowed the gap with the Indian batting legend to under 2,0 00 for runs inMet. While Tendulkar has scored 15,921 runs in 329 innings during his 24-year career, Root has been scoring 14,000 runs at an average of 51.39.
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Which became the third team to win the Test after four matches. Had batted against.
Don't believe that he had Dravid LBW in the last over before lunch. He was completely terrified at the conclusion of this Test - a quip for which he somehow escaped scrutiny - I don't think he was particularly thinking about it (Ponting bowling), some LBW decisions. It's also the last day about the decision, but they should have included it because it was equally controversial,'' he wrote.
Gave consolation.
"But as soon as Harbhajan started swinging the ball in the Test, I was there immediately," Miley said.
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Which became the third team to win the Test after four matches. Had batted against.
Don't believe that he had Dravid LBW in the last over before lunch. He was completely terrified at the conclusion of this Test - a quip for which he somehow escaped scrutiny - I don't think he was particularly thinking about it (Ponting bowling), some LBW decisions. It's also the last day about the decision, but they should have included it because it was equally controversial,'' he wrote.
Gave consolation.
"But as soon as Harbhajan started swinging the ball in the Test, I was there immediately," Miley said.
Decided to go down while winging it. For helping me to solve my problems against f spinner. Will take turning wickets to get the score.
I made sure that when I was captain I was always there for the players who were struggling.
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