Ashes: Hayden's daughter celebrates Joe Root century with hilarious jab

BRISBANE: Joe Root yet broke his long-awaited period jinx successful Australia connected Thursday, but the loudest suspiration of alleviation didn’t travel from England’s dressing country — it came from Matthew Hayden’s house.

And much specifically, from his daughter, Grace.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Root’s fluent 135 connected Day 1 of the pink-ball Ashes Test astatine the Gabba not lone ended 10 years of Australian heartbreak but besides saved Hayden from fulfilling a bizarre promise. The erstwhile Australia opener had jokingly vowed to “walk bare astir the MCG” if Root failed to people a 100 this series.

The infinitesimal Root reached 3 figures disconnected Scott Boland, societal media exploded — and Hayden’s girl stole the spotlight with a cheeky Instagram story.

Posting a selfie, Grace wrote: “Root, convey you, you’ve saved each our eyes.” The hilarious station instantly went viral, turning Root’s milestone into an net spectacle.

Hayden himself rapidly posted a congratulatory video shared by England Cricket connected X, laughing astatine his ain wager portion praising Root’s perseverance."Congratulations mate connected a 100 present successful Australia. Took you a portion and determination was nary 1 that had much tegument successful the crippled than me, literally.

I was backing you for a 100 successful a bully way. So congratulations, 10 fifties and yet a hundred. You small ripper mate. Have a quality and bloody bask it," Hayden joked.

A decade-long hold endsRoot’s ton was his archetypal successful Australia aft 16 matches, 30 innings, and 4 Ashes tours. He brought calm to a tense English innings and climbed to 40 Test hundreds — conscionable 1 down Ricky Ponting (41) and trailing lone Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45).At stumps, England were 325/9, with Root unbeaten connected 135 and Jofra Archer connected 32.While Australia dropped regular skipper Pat Cummins again and shockingly benched Nathan Lyon for Michael Neser, it was Root’s history-making innings — and Grace Hayden’s viral punchline — that ruled the day.For Root, it was a vocation milestone. For the Hayden household? It was a nationalist exigency narrowly avoided.