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Ashes: Root Equals Ponting's Record After 41st Test Ton At SCG

Joe Root: England’s batting mainstay Joe Root once again underlined his mastery of the Ashes as he gone level with Ricky Ponting in equal-third in the all-time men's Test century list, bringing up his 41st hundred on day two of the Sydney Test.

Root equalled Ponting’s total of 41 Test centuries, doing so in fewer matches. Ponting achieved the feat across 168 Tests between 1995 and 2012, while Root reached the same mark in his 163rd appearance since debuting against India in Nagpur in December 2012. The knock was also the first international century of the 2026 calendar year.

It's the second century for Root on the tour who had curiously not reached the magical mark in 14 Test matches held in Australia before the current series. Read More...

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South Africa A Bowlers Make Early Inroads, Reduce India A To 25/2 At Tea

South Africa: India A dished out South Africa A for 199 runs in their second innings to set themselves a 275-run target to win the first unofficial Test of the two-match series here at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1. Tanush Kotian was yet again the pick of the bowlers as he finished his spell with a four-wicket haul in the second innings.

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