Overview

• Hayden made the tongue-in-cheek pledge on the All Over Bar The Cricket podcast, saying, “I will walk nude around the MCG if he doesn't make a hundred this summer.”
• The remark was delivered humorously and drew laughter from fellow panelists as clips spread widely on social media.
• Sports presenter Grace Hayden weighed in on Instagram, writing, “Please Joe Root, make a hundred,” in a playful plea to spare her father.
• Root’s record in Australia stands at 14 Tests for 892 runs with nine fifties and a highest score of 89, leaving a century still elusive.
• The 2025–26 Ashes is a five-Test series scheduled to begin in Perth on November 21.