Root claims record no Test batsman wants

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Joe Root's bizarre hoodoo connected Australian shores has continued.

His efforts to rescue England's unsteady commencement to the Boxing Day Test came to an extremity aft 81 balls.

Batting nether pressure, Root surpassed 50 for the 3rd clip this Ashes series, but came unstuck successful the pursuing implicit erstwhile Mitchell Starc recovered his extracurricular edge.

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The dismissal marks 9 Test 50s connected Australian ungraded for Root, the astir by anyone yet to spell connected and people triple figures.

Arguably 1 of England's top batsmen, the grounds points retired a weakness successful Root's technique, with galore commentators initially pointing to the space of his oculus sight.

Root was highly animated arsenic helium walked disconnected the field, the hold for his elusive period successful Australia continuing.

"He would beryllium truthful disappointed successful this shot, Joe Root," Michael Hussey said connected Fox Cricket.

"It's a thing shot. It's not a cut, it's not a drive. It's conscionable trying to deflect... it's a high-risk shot."

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