Joe Root has lastly notched up a red-ball hundred in Australia, ending over a decade-long await a century in Check cricket’s oldest model through the fifth Ashes 2025-26 Check on the Sydney Cricket Floor on Monday.
Resuming from his in a single day rating of 72, Root nonchalantly cantered to his forty first Check century in solely 146 deliveries on day two morning, marking his second century of the tour Down Underneath after having notched up his maiden Check ton within the nation within the Pink-Ball Check on the Gabba final month. The 34-year-old had by no means reached the three-figure mark in 14 Check matches held in Australia earlier than the present sequence.
Root equals Ponting
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The Englishman marked the primary worldwide Check ton of 2026, a milestone that noticed him draw degree with Australia legend Ricky Ponting at 41 Check centuries, the third-most within the format, solely behind Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45).
Root additionally notched up a colossal determine together with his sixtieth worldwide century, making him solely the sixth batter in historical past to achieve the landmark throughout codecs. Root’s tally can also be the second-highest amongst energetic cricketers, with solely India famous person Virat Kohli forward of him with 84 centuries throughout codecs in 623 innings.
JOE ROOT
England | 146 Deliveries | Sydney Cricket Floor
forty first Check Century
sixtieth Worldwide Hundred
First Check Century of 2026
5 Milestones Achieved
👑
41
Check centuries – Equals Ricky Ponting (third most ever behind Tendulkar 51, Kallis 45)
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60
Worldwide centuries – sixth batter ever throughout codecs (2nd amongst energetic after Kohli’s 84)
💯
17
Profession 150+ scores – 4th highest ever (behind Tendulkar 20, Lara 19, Sangakkara 19)
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1st
Pink-ball century in Australia – Ended decade-long wait after 14 Assessments with no ton
🎯
14,000
Check runs approached – Underneath 2,000 away from Tendulkar’s 15,921 document
Root’s Statistical Place
3RD ALL-TIME
41
Check Centuries
6TH ALL-TIME
60
Worldwide 100s
502 INNINGS
51.39
Check Common
CHASING
1,921
Runs to Tendulkar
Indian Categorical InfoGenIE
Most worldwide centuries
- Sachin Tendulkar – 100 in 782 innings
- Virat Kohli – 84 in 623 innings
- Ricky Ponting – 71 in 668 innings
- Kumar Sangakkara – 63 in 666 innings
- Jacques Kallis – 62 in 617 innings
- Joe Root – 60* in 502 innings
Regardless of watching Harry Brook (84), Ben Stokes (0) and Jamie Smith (46) fall on the different finish, Root carried on previous lunch on the second day and notched up his seventeenth profession 150-plus rating in Check cricket, making it the fourth-highest ever on the charts, led by Tendulkar (20).
Most 150+ scores in Assessments
- Sachin Tendulkar – 20
- Brian Lara – 19
- Kumar Sangakkara – 19
- Don Bradman – 18
- Joe Root – 17*
Root, who has been touted to interrupt Tendulkar’s epochal document Check runs tally has now narrowed the hole with the India batting legend to underneath 2,000 runs within the format. Whereas Tendulkar notched up 15,921 runs in 329 innings throughout his 24-year profession, Root is closing in on 14,000 runs with a median of 51.39.