{"id":178339,"date":"2021-12-26T02:54:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T03:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=178339"},"modified":"2021-12-27T04:58:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T04:58:37","slug":"root-claims-record-no-test-batsman-wants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=178339","title":{"rendered":"Root claims record no Test batsman wants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Root&#x27;s bizarre hoodoo on Australian shores has continued.<\/p>\n<p>His efforts to rescue England&#x27;s unsteady start to the Boxing Day Test came to an end after 81 balls.<\/p>\n<p>Batting under pressure, Root surpassed 50 for the third time this Ashes series, but came unstuck in the following over when Mitchell Starc found his outside edge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVE UPDATES:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/ashes-2021-boxing-day-test-day-one-live-scores-australia-england-series-third-test-highlights-results\/f1f883bd-839a-485d-969d-8ed9ecbf127f\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Root reaches dismal record withy wicket\"><strong>Root reaches dismal record with wicket<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/ashes-2021-ian-chappell-and-mark-taylor-question-joe-roots-grasp-on-england-cricket-team\/127d0c7a-1c64-4385-b63d-d17cb84e16cb\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"&#x27;Divided&#x27; England in turmoil\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Divided&#x27; England in turmoil<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"93fa93f9-9326-4e81-971e-7f54d4ae7b8f\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/93fa93f9-9326-4e81-971e-7f54d4ae7b8f\" alt=\"Mitchell Starc gets Joe Root out.\" data-width=\"3264\" data-height=\"1888\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The dismissal marks nine Test 50s on Australian soil for Root, the most by anyone yet to go on and score triple figures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirswampthing\/status\/1474941404140867584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirswampthing\/status\/1474941404140867584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arguably one of England&#x27;s greatest batsmen, the record points out a weakness in Root&#x27;s technique, with many commentators initially pointing to the angle of his eye sight.<\/p>\n<p>Root was extremely animated as he walked off the field, the wait for his elusive century in Australia continuing.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He would be so disappointed in this shot, Joe Root,&quot; Michael Hussey said on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s a nothing shot. It&#x27;s not a cut, it&#x27;s not a drive. It&#x27;s just trying to deflect&#8230; it&#x27;s a high-risk shot.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Joe Root&#x27;s bizarre hoodoo on Australian shores has continued. His efforts to rescue England&#x27;s unsteady start to the Boxing Day Test came to an end <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=178339\" title=\"Root claims record no Test batsman wants\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178339"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178341,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178339\/revisions\/178341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}