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In 27 Test innings, the right-handed batter has amassed 892 runs at an average of 35.68, with nine fifties.
Matthew Hayden has promised to walk naked around the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) if Joe Root fails to score a hundred in the Ashes 2025-26. The Test series between Australia and England will be played from November 21 to January 8, 2026.
England have lost the last three Ashes series Down Under and haven’t won a Test in Australia since 2011. A lot will depend on Joe Root, who hasn’t scored a century in Australia.
“He is the complete package and averages above 40. I will walk nude around the MCG if he doesn’t score a century this summer,” Hayden said.
In 27 Test innings, the right-handed batter has amassed 892 runs at an average of 35.68, with nine fifties. He has passed 80 on three occasions in Australia but didn’t reach the three-figure mark.
Meanwhile, he has been dealing with hundreds in the post-COVID era and has become the second-highest run-getter in the longest format of the game. Root has accumulated 13,543 runs, with only Sachin Tendulkar (15,921 runs) ahead of him.
He will have a tough challenge ahead of him in the five-day matches against the Pat Cummins-led team. The English team would want him to score a ton against the arch-rivals.
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