Root created history by scoring a century at Lord's…
Joe Root has created history. He has become the batsman who has scored the most centuries in Tests for England. Root has broken Alastair Cook's record. The second match of the Test series is being played between england and sri lanka at Lord's in London. Root scored 103 runs in the second innings of this match. He broke Cook's record with this century. england had scored 427 runs in the first innings. While the Sri Lankan team was all out after scoring 196 runs in the first innings.
Root has performed strongly in the Lord's Test. He had also scored a century in the first innings. Root had played an innings of 143 runs. He had hit 18 fours while facing 206 balls. Now he has scored a century in the second innings as well. Root scored 103 runs while facing 121 balls. Root hit 10 fours in this innings. Due to his innings, england scored 251 runs in the second innings till they were all out. Harry Brook contributed 37 runs in this innings.
Root broke Cook's record -
Joe Root has become the batsman who has scored the most Test centuries for England. He has scored 34 centuries in 145 Test matches. He has also scored 65 half-centuries. Before Root, this record was in the name of Alistair Cook. Cook has scored 33 centuries in 161 Test matches. He has also scored 57 half-centuries. Kevin Pietersen is at the third position in terms of scoring the most Test centuries for England. He has scored 23 centuries. He has also scored 35 half-centuries in 104 matches.
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