England’s Joe Root scored a sublime 134 against arch-rivals Australia on the first day of the Ashes 2015 opener in Cardiff. Courtesy his performance, England, from 43/3, were comfortably placed at 343/7 at Stumps.
This is how Twitter reacted to the latest achievement of this young sensation.
What a star @joeroot05. Fantastic 100 and a solid day for the team. #weareengland pic.twitter.com/tExowwMZC6
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) July 8, 2015
Good knock @joeroot05 ….. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
— Robbie Fowler (@Robbie9Fowler) July 8, 2015
Great first day of The #Ashes today…@joeroot05 insane innings yet again,well done pal 👍 #guuuuuuuun pic.twitter.com/N2eqMyAk9z
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) July 8, 2015
Well played @joeroot05
— Glenn McGrath (@glennmcgrath11) July 8, 2015
Joe Root. What class!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) July 8, 2015
Joe Root now the only 2nd Englishman to register two #Ashes centuries before the age of 25 years! The other Len Hutton #Ashes2015
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 8, 2015
You can’t afford to give Joe Root a second chance dropped 2nd ball on “0”….great fightback by Root & Ballance !!
— Ian Botham (@BeefyBotham) July 8, 2015
.@SkyCricket I’m watching from Vegas boys ! Thanks for all your tips followers… England doing well, Root awesome 100 Yay a wicket #ashes
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) July 8, 2015
At the start of his innings Root offers a small window to pitch full but it’s a really small window. Miss it, pay dearly. Well played #Ashes
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 8, 2015