Ashes 2025-26: England’s Joe Root Ready to Break Century Drought in Australia

Ashes 2025-26: England’s Joe Root ready to break century drought in Australia

Ashes 2025-26: England’s Joe Root ready to break century drought in Australia

Root has ‘learnt lessons’, ready to break Aussie century drought

So prolific elsewhere, England's Joe Root has declared he's ready to get the century monkey off his back in Australia this summer.

Joe Root Confident Of Breaking Ashes Century Drought As England Eye Redemption

Joe Root says he feels "better placed than ever" to finally score a Test hundred in Australia as he prepares for what he described as a "mentally fatiguing" Ashes series later this year.

Ashes 2025: Freed from captaincy, Joe Root ready to end century dry spell Down Under

Joe Root is determined to end his century drought in Australia during the 2025 Ashes series. His renewed focus and team-first mindset could be key to England reclaiming the Ashes urn.

Root ‘ready’ to break century drought in Australia

Joe Root has failed to score a century in 27 Test innings in Australia but the Englishman believes he is ready to end that streak when the Ashes begin in Perth next month. The former England captain has chalked up nine Test half-centuries in Australia, with a highest score of 89 in a nine-wicket loss in Brisbane in December 2021. Root, who was replaced as captain by Ben Stokes following that series, has since scored more than 4,000 runs and 16 c…

Root 'ready' to break century drought in Australia

So prolific elsewhere, England's Joe Root has declared he's ready to get the century monkey off his back in Australia this summer.