Joe Root has been praised for “saving our eyes” by a glamorous cricket pundit after her dad promised to strip naked if he didn’t hit a century
THE world has dodged the ordeal of having to watch grizzled former Aussie batsman Matthew Hayden parade naked after Joe Root scored a long-awaited century Down Under.
And now a glamorous cricket pundit has thanked Root for “saving our eyes” from his naked strip.
Root hit his first century in Australia to rescue the first innings for England during the Ashes second test at The Gabba. The English batsman was 135 not out off 202 balls to finally register a ton down under for the first time in his career.
And despite being an Aussie, cricket legend Matthew Hayden might have been celebrating the century more than most. Hayden, so sure Root would make the ton, promised to walk around the MCG naked.
And Hayden’s daughter Grace, who followed her father into cricket broadcasting, took to social media to thank Root for not having to see her dad get his kit off.
In a video on social media, Grace makes the sign of the cross before saying: “Thank God.” She then adds in the caption: “Root thank you you’ve saved all our eyes.”
While Hayden said: “G’day, Joe. Congratulations, mate on a hundred here in Australia. Took you a while, and there was no one that had more skin in the game than me, literally.
“I was backing you for a hundred in a good way. So, mate congratulations. Ten fifties and finally a hundred, you little ripper, mate.”
“No one wanted to see that. There are two people who will be more relieved than anyone else: that’s my wife and my daughter. I was counting down the innings, and I was a bit nervous.”
Grace recently came under fire for her outfit choice will working on sporting events – one fan commenting: “This is the cricket, not a catwalk.”
And she hit back at the comments, opening up to Sydney Confidential, Grace said: “As a young woman, the sexualisation of anyone just doing their job continues to happen sadly and again, is never OK.
“This is… another huge issue females face not just on social media. This is the unfortunate side of social media.
“With every job there is good and bad, and being a presenter is no different.”