Grace Hayden, daughter of Matthew Hayden, thanked Joe Root for his Gabba century, joking she'd stop her father from such future promises.

More than Matthew Hayden or even Joe Root himself, the most relieved person after the England batter finally scored his maiden Test century on Australian soil was Grace Hayden. Root’s 40th Test hundred came on Day 1 of the second Test in Brisbane in the ongoing Ashes series, and it spared Hayden’s daughter from a very uncomfortable promise her father had made.

Before the Ashes began, Hayden had jokingly vowed to run naked around the MCG if Root once again failed to score a century in Australia. The former Australian opener could finally breathe easy when Root smashed a hundred at the Gabba last week, triggering wild celebrations from the Barmy Ar

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