Srinagar: Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden has made a bold bet by saying that if England batter Joe Root doesn’t score hundred Down Under in this year’s Ashes , he will walk nude at MCG.
Despite being the second-highest run-scorer in Test history, Root has yet to score a century in Australia, with 892 runs at an average of 35.68.
However, since 2022, when Australia last hosted the blockbuster Test series, the right-handed batter has scored 15 centuries at an average of 64.64.
Root’s meteoric rise in Test cricket fuelled the buzz around his century drought in Australia, especially with the Ashes approaching.
“I will walk n*de around the MCG if he doesn’t make a hundred this summer,” said Hayden during the All Over Bar The Cricket YouTube podcast.
“Please Joe Root, make a hundred,” Grace commented on the Instagram post shared by All Over Bar The Cricket.
Root, who made his Test debut in 2012, has thus far played 158 matches for England and has scored 13543 runs at a magnificent average of 51.29 with the help of 39 centuries and 66 half-centuries.
