New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Australia's tormentor in the 2005 Ashes, former speedster Steve Harmison, has predicted that England's talismanic batter, Joe Root, will break his century hoodoo down under and be instrumental in bringing the urn home for the first time since 2015. Harmison was speaking to Fox Cricket Australia.

Root, who has walloped four centuries against Australia on home soil, is on the track to break 'Master Blaster' Sachin Tendulkar's record for the highest runs in Test cricket. Harmison believes the 34-year-old's exploits in the upcoming Ashes would take him a lot closer to the legendary Indian batter's tally of 15,921 runs.

"People have been telling me for two years that Joe Root is coming over to Australia to average 50. H...