By the end of the first day’s play, England had scored 325 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. The second Ashes Test is being played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane, in which Joe Root scored the 40th century of his Test career (Joe Root Centuries). By the end of the first day’s play, Joe Root and Joffra Archer had made a brisk partnership of 61 runs in 44 balls.

For England, opener Jack Crawley scored 76 runs, but Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope were out without opening the account. Crawley and Root rescued the England team from trouble by making a partnership of 117 runs. Harry Brook was out after scoring only 31 runs, while captain Ben Stokes was run out by Josh English with an excellent throw.

Joe Root’s historic century

By the end of the first day’s play, Joe Root had scored 135 runs in the second test against Australia. This was the 40th century of his Test career. This is the first time in Test cricket history that Root has scored a Test century on Australian soil. Root has achieved this feat 13 years after his Test debut.

Root-Archer made the Kangaroos cry

England lost its 9th wicket at the score of 264. At one time England had scored 273 runs for 9 wickets in 69 overs. After this, Joe Root and Joffra Archer batted stormily and added 52 runs in the next 5 overs. Archer has scored 32 runs in 26 balls and along with Joe Root has made a partnership of 61 runs for the 10th wicket.

The most successful bowler for Australia was Mitchell Starc, who dismissed 6 batsmen in the first innings. Starc has been the most successful bowler in this series so far. So far in this series, he has taken 16 wickets in 43.5 overs.

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It took 13 years, Joe Root did this feat for the first time in his career, created history by scoring a century in the second Ashes