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Joe Root out for 7-ball duck as Mitchell Starc runs riot in Ashes opener; record goes from bad to worse

Joe Root, inarguably the best Test batter in the past four to five years, entered the Ashes 2025-26 with a monkey on his back, and that being his below-par record in Australia. The long-time England ...
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Root says 'no-one will remember' Australian Ashes digs

They have been queuing up for a year down under. First Darren Lehmann said Joe Root needs to score a century in Australia to be considered an "all-time great". Then there was David Warner and Root's ...