Joe Root spared the world from seeing Matthew Hayden walking around the MCG without any clothes after scoring an impressive century against Australia on day one of the second Ashes Test

Australia cricket legend Matthew Hayden's daughter has thanked England hero Joe Root for stopping her dad from stripping naked. Root bagged his first century Down Under on Thursday at the Gabba 12 years on from his first Ashes tour.

The ex-England captain would have felt a wave of joy and relief as he held his team's batting together, but perhaps even that would not compare to the relief of Grace Hayden. Root, who was dropped on just two, scored 135 not out from 202 balls to spare her dad from fulfilling the obligations of a bet.

Hayden promised he would walk around the MCG naked if Root did not d

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