NASSER HUSSAIN: Joe Root's superb century was one of his best innings
After everything Joe Root has been through, trying to steer a struggling side through the difficulties of Covid and the pandemic, that was one of his greatest innings.
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Root puts captaincy cares behind him as he joins '10 000 club'
Joe Root underlined the talent that had long seemed obvious from early in his career when he became just the second England batsman to score 10 000 Test runs during a match-winning hundred against New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday.
Root puts captaincy cares behind him as he joins '10,000 club'
LONDON: Joe Root underlined the talent that had long seemed obvious from early in his career when he became just the second England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs during a match-winning hundred against New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday (Jun 5).
Joe Root puts captaincy cares behind him as he joins '10,000 club'
Joe Root underlined the talent that had long seemed obvious from early in his career when he became just the second England batsman to score 10,000 Test runs during a match-winning hundred against New Zealand at Lord's on Sunday. The 31-year-old Yorkshireman's typically composed 115 not out took England, who had been faltering at 69 for four, to a target of 277 and a five-wicket victory over the World Test champions with more than a day to spare.
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