BBC forced to apologise live on air as Aussie Test Match Special pundit blasts ‘Bazb******s’ during Ashes

They ended up being bowled out for the solid, if unspectacular, total of 334 with Brendan Doggett removing Jofra Archer following the Three Lions star's impressive knock of 38.

Australia then proceeded to enjoy a positive start as they chased England down, with Jake Weatherald and Marnus Labuschagne both scoring half-centuries - while Travis Head managed a total of 33.

Speaking live on air, Maxwell referred to 'Bazball' - England's high-risk, high-reward style of play - as 'Bazb******s' instead.

He then issued an apology while commentating on BBC Test Match Special, though he laughed off the incident.

Michael Vaughan had said that the Australians were 'Bazballing it', with the hosts hitting shots around The Gabba for fun.

Fans were left amused online, with one saying: "Did Jim Maxwell just say Bazb******s on @bbctms."

A second said: "Jim Maxwell... 'It's Bazb******s haha never a truer word spoken."

And a third repeated Maxwell's comments while accompanying their post with five laughing emojis.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, Root was the star of the show.

The England star had never scored a century on Australian soil but finally managed to do so, producing an innings to remember.

Three Lions batter Zak Crawley, who managed a total of 76 runs himself before being dismissed, was thrilled for his teammate.

“We were talking about it for ages before he got there and when he did we were so chuffed for him. So was everyone in the ground, it was a great moment," he said.

“I saw him in the changing room and he was his usual self, so humble, not trying to make too much of a deal of it but I’m sure inside he’s pretty delighted.

"He’s never mentioned it once, nobody’s mentioned it to him, but I’d be amazed if it wasn’t in his head, for sure.

“The fact he can put that out and score that hundred shows what a class act he is and how tough he is.

"Everyone sees the talent but nobody sees the inner steel he’s got as well.”

Crawley added: “I forget some of his hundreds, that’s how many he’s got. I lose count.

“It’s a phenomenal knock. It was doing plenty when he first came in and he was so calm, so clear about how he wanted to go about it.

"If you put everything into consideration it has to be right up there as one of his best.”

Crawley had struggled in the first Test. He was, however, pleased he was able to deliver this time around to boost England's hopes of victory.

“It would have been a long wait even if I’d got two hundreds. But I’ve had plenty of bad games before, so it wasn’t too much to bounce back from that," he remarked.

“I haven’t seen any of the media stuff around my last game, I’m sure it wasn’t great but I haven’t seen it so it didn’t affect me at all.

"I’ve been working hard all week in the nets, just trying to move slowly, pick my bat up lightly and thankfully it came off today.”