At last, the second-leading run-scorer in the history of Test cricket has a hundred in Australia.
Joe Root has worked Scott Boland down to the fine leg boundary to bring up his century, which is just reward for a superb knock.
The milestone has come when his side desperately needed it, having come to the crease when England found themselves at 2-5 within the first three overs.
Root had notched nine half-centuries across his four tours of the country but had never gone on to a hundred until tonight.
The century is his 40th in Test cricket and fifth in Ashes cricket.
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