SYDNEY, Jan 5 (Reuters) - England's Joe ‌Root paused as he left the field to salute all four corners of the Sydney Cricket Ground on ‌Monday after making a fine 160 in the fifth Ashes test, but the 35-year-old does not ‌want to consider if this is his final bow in Australia.

Root showed all of his qualities of composure, technique, timing and patience to compile his second century of this series having headed out to Australia never having made three figures in the country.