Joe Root ticked off a big-ticket item missing from his distinguished CV by bringing up his maiden hundred in Australia in the day-night Ashes Test in Brisbane.While he has amassed more than 13,000 Test runs - only India great Sachin Tendulkar has more - Root's lack of a three-figure score in any format in Australia was a major subplot ahead of this Ashes series.

Joe Root ticked off a big-ticket item missing from his distinguished CV by bringing up his maiden hundred in Australia in the day-night Ashes Test in Brisbane.While he has amassed more than 13,000 Test runs - only India great Sachin Tendulkar has more - Root's lack of a three-figure score in any format in Australia was a major subplot ahead of this Ashes series.