{"id":29699,"date":"2026-05-18T11:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/australia-hit-back-at-joe-roots-brilliant-160-tms-daily-debrief-ashes-fifth-test-day-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T11:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:05:43","slug":"australia-hit-back-at-joe-roots-brilliant-160-tms-daily-debrief-ashes-fifth-test-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/australia-hit-back-at-joe-roots-brilliant-160-tms-daily-debrief-ashes-fifth-test-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia hit back at Joe Root\u2019s brilliant 160 | TMS Daily Debrief | Ashes Fifth Test &#8211; Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vc0RLaM39eI?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Alex Hartley is joined by Michael Vaughan and Phil Tufnell as Australia opener Travis Head hits back at a majestic 160 from England&#8217;s Joe Root on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Welcome<br \/>\n00:24 Jamie Smith dismissal dissected<br \/>\n02:38 Ben Stokes and Marnus Labuschagne exchange words<br \/>\n03:30 Why is Stokes not bowling with the new ball?<br \/>\n04:40 Is Stokes going to bowl too much?<br \/>\n06:45 Joe Root hits brilliant 160 runs<br \/>\n07:20 Australia back to best today<br \/>\n08:42 Will Joe Root be fit to play tomorrow?<br \/>\n09:08 Matt Potts struggles<br \/>\n10:08 How can England bowl Travis Head?<br \/>\n10:55 Vote for your combined series XI<br \/>\n12:18 Ask Me Anything \u2013 Will Joe Root play in the next Ashes series in Australia?<br \/>\n13:15 Wrap-up<\/p>\n<p>Follow more of The Ashes on the BBC Sport app, iPlayer and Sounds.<br \/>\n=============<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE so you never miss out on our best videos<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f\u27a1\ufe0fhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/1sFodyu <\/p>\n<p>=============<\/p>\n<p>Find us here: <\/p>\n<p>BBC Sport: http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/www.x.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsport\/<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bbcsport<\/p>\n<p>#bbcsport #TheAshes #bbccricket<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vc0RLaM39eI\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Hartley is joined by Michael Vaughan and Phil Tufnell as Australia opener Travis Head hits back at a majestic 160 from England&#8217;s Joe Root on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome 00:24 Jamie Smith dismissal dissected 02:38 Ben Stokes and Marnus Labuschagne exchange words 03:30 Why is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29701,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29699\/revisions\/29701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}