England’s Joe Root conquered his final frontier with a first Ashes century in Australia as the tourists pushed past 300 on day one of the second test in Brisbane on Thursday despite a six-wicket haul from pace spearhead Mitchell Starc.
Root marched off unbeaten on 135 off 202 balls after a late flogging of the pink ball under the Gabba floodlights, with England 325 for nine after captain Ben Stokes
