SYDNEY (AP) — Joe Root made his second hundred of the series, while Travis Head closed in on his third, as Day 2 of the final Ashes test between Australia and England closed evenly poised on Monday.

Joe Root's SCG century pushed him level with Ricky Ponting on the all-time Test list. The hundred underlined his dominance in the Ashes and England's strong position in the series finale.

SYDNEY: Joe Root and Harry Brook tamed Australia's all-pace attack with an unbroken 154-run stand on Sunday to rescue England ...

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On a day when England's batting fluctuated between promise and panic at the Gabba, Joe Root stood tall with a long-awaited maiden Test century on Australian soil, offering his side rare stability ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Joe Root has finally scored a hundred in an Ashes test for England in Australia, checking off one of the few milestones missing from his impressive cricket CV. Test ...

As Joe Root sauntered back into the Sydney Cricket Ground’s picture-perfect pavilion, the southern sun glinting off its sloping green roof, he had every reason to cherish the moment. For his glorious ...

Even after scoring 39 Test centuries, Joe Root was still defined by the hundred he had not scored. No longer. After 12 years of waiting, Root’s first century in Australia cements his place among the ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Joe Root has finally scored a hundred in an Ashes test for England in Australia, checking off one of the few milestones missing from his impressive cricket CV. Test ...

Joe Root has defended Jamie Smith's dismissal to Marnus Labuschagne's part-time seamers with England's greatest ever run ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Joe Root made his second hundred of the series, while Travis Head closed in on his third, as Day 2 of the final Ashes test between Australia and England closed evenly poised on Monday.