England captain Joe Root remains optimistic about the Ashes Test despite Australia holding a 44-run lead. Root's century propelled England to 334, but Australia reached 378-6, capitalising on bowling ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Joe Root posted his second hundred of the series for England and Travis Head closed in on his third for Australia as Day 2 of the final Ashes test closed evenly poised on Monday. England ...

The English stalwart was well supported by Ollie Pope and Ben Stokes in century-plus stands as the hosts lead by 186 runs ...

Joe Root believes a series of the Ashes’s history, popularity and cachet does not need pink-ball Tests like the one that will be played at the Gabba from Thursday. Day-night Tests are a relatively new ...

Joe Root has become England's leading Test match run-scorer of all time. The 33-year-old overtook Sir Alastair Cook's total of 12,472 on day three of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan. He ...

41 - Centuries for Joe Root in Test cricket. He is now joint-third in the list of top century-makers in Tests alongside Ricky Ponting, and is only behind Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45).

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Joe Root received a typically tabloid reception ahead of the Ashes series opener in Perth, where the local newspaper described the star England batter as “Average Joe” due to ...

No one was more relieved than Matthew Hayden after Joe Root finally ended his century drought in Australia. The England legend finally scored a Test ton Down Under as he brought up the feat on the ...

Image: Joe Root and Ben Stokes are both averaging more with the bat under the latter's captaincy - but is Bazball getting the best out of both? Though defeated, the fight shown by England in their ...