Jan 5
Most centuries in Tests: Joe Root goes level with Ricky Ponting at joint-third
Joe Root notched up his 41st Test hundred on Day 2 of the final Ashes Test in Sydney on Monday to go level with Australia’s Ricky Ponting at joint-third for most hundreds in the longest format. Only Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45) have scored more Test hundreds than Root. This was Root’s second hundred of the ongoing Ashes, after his ton in Brisbane in the second Test. The former…