Joe Root made history as England comfortably beat West Indies by eight wickets in Southampton on Friday.
The stand-in opener became the first Englishman to score three World Cup hundreds as the hosts moved up to second position in the points table.
After opting to bowl first, England dismissed the Windies side for just 212, but sustained injuries to Eoin Morgan and Jason Roy along the way.
Root remained the star of the show at the Rose Bowl with an unbeaten 100 and two wickets with the ball.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Everything almost perfect today for , well played champion looking too good!
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
http://twitter.com/KP24/status/1139559484643135488
Joe Root (100* & 2/27) now only the 2nd England player to score a century and also take two wkts in same match after Moeen Ali (128 & 2/47 v Scotland in 2015 at C'church)
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
England have never ever had a more consistent player across the different formats than … He is an fantastic player and one which all young players should be trying to copy ….
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
As Monty Burns once said , Its like taking candy from a baby ….. England stroll on in pursuit of the World Cup.
— Niall John O Brien (@niallnobiobrien)
Joe Root has three 100s in World Cups, the most for any England batsman. These three 100s have come in the last six WC innings.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
A century, 2+ wickets and 2+ catches in the same ODI:
Aravinda de Silva v AUS, 1996 (107*, 3/42 & 2 ct)
JOE ROOT v Windes, Today (100*, 2/27 & 2 ct)— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Player of the Match 🤝 Entertainer of the Match
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)
Joe Root back at the top of the run-scoring chart for the , with a cool average of 93 – with 2 100s and a 50.
In form one might say…
— Jack Mendel (@Mendelpol)
Most WC 100s for each team:
Eng – Root (3)
Aus – Ponting (5)
SA – ABD (4)
WI – Richards (3)
NZ – Astle/Fleming/Guptill/Styris/Turner (2)
Ind – Tendulkar (6)
Pak – Rameez/Anwar (3)
SL – Sangakkara (5)— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Chris Woakes at 3?? 😱
England have decided to take a …….
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
http://twitter.com/hershybru/status/1139544483551502336
