The headline in The West Australian didn’t waste any ink. As Joe Root landed for yet another Ashes tour, the local paper greeted one of Test cricket’s great modern run-machines with a two-word sledge: ...

41 - Centuries for Joe Root in Test cricket. He is now joint-third in the list of top century-makers in Tests alongside Ricky Ponting, and is only behind Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45).