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Ashes 2025: Former Australian opener David Warner has taken a swipe at England's batting legend Joe Root in regards to his century drought down under. He believes that Root will be the batting mainstay for England when they travel to Australia for the much-awaited five-Test Ashes series later this year.

Root has been knocked over 10 times in 18 Tests by Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood. Not just Hazlewood, Australia Pat Cummins has got Root's number 11 times. Interestingly, Indian talisman JaspritBumrah has got him out 11 times as well. Currently, the World No. 1 ranked Test batter has never scored a ton in Australia and has an average of 35.86.

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"The big anchor there is Rooty (England batter Joe Root), who is yet to score a hundred in Australia. Josh Hazlewood tends to have his number quite a lot. He will have to take the surfboard off his front leg,” said Warner to BBC Sport.

For England, bowlers among the likes of Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood will be key as their style of bowling will get help in Australia. Notably, England's performance down under has been abysmal to say the least as they last won a series in Australia in 2010-11.

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"It all comes down to the bowlers. If the English bowlers can put a dent in the Australia top order then they will come into the contest," Warner added.

England will be happy with how the series has played out for them in terms of Jofra Archer and Gus Atkinson’s return, both of whom can be key players for them if they hope to win the Ashes urn for the first time in 10 years.

"I know Spirit haven't gone too well in the past few years. For myself to bring some energy and intensity to the group and project that on the field would be awesome. It is about the fans and the young kids that are coming out to see us, not about the player and whether there has been a bit of history or not,” he said.

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