Ashes 2023: WATCH Joe Root’s extraordinary reverse scoop that went for SIX!

Updated : Jun 17, 2023 10:20
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England's ace Test batter Joe Root stunned Australia's Scott Boland with his sensational reverse scoop in the first over after tea on the first day of the Edgbaston Test. 

While Boland bowled a fuller outside the off stump, Root successfully attempted an audacious shot sending it over the slip cordon in the stands. 

Meanwhile, England stayed true to its Bazball approach on Friday and underlined its confidence by daring to declare at 393-8 after Root's 30th test century on an exciting opening day.

 

Root reached his fourth Ashes ton with a single against spinner Nathan Lyon to the delight of the raucous crowd. Root was stopped on 118 not out, including two sixes against Lyon in the final over before the unorthodox declaration by England captain Stokes.






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