‘This tour is not about me making 100’: Joe Root on crucial milestone during away Ashes tour

The upcoming away Ashes series against Australia, starting from November 21 at Perth, will be crucial both for England’s ‘Bazball’ school of cricket, which focuses on attacking, being result-oriented and positive and Root, who, despite his red-hot run in Tests during this decade and being the second-highest run-getter in the format with 13,543 runs and 39 centuries, has never managed a century in Australia. Achieving a Test ton in Australia and an Ashes series win to top it all off could elevate Root’s legacy aplenty.