England skipper Joe Root continued from where he left in the first Test, smashing a remarkable century in the ongoing second Test at Lords Crickeꦏt Ground in London on Saturday.
The right-handed batsman reached the three-figure mark on the third ball of the 82nd over when he tapped a short of length delivery bowled by Jasprit Bumrah to point region for a single.
It was Root’s second century in the ongoing five-match series and 22nd ton of his glorious Test career. During the process, the Yorkshire batter went past legendary Graham Gooch and became only the second Engli🃏💜sh player to reach the 9000-run benchmark.
Most Test runs for England:
- 12,472 – Alastair Cook
- 9013 – Joe Root*
- 8900 – Graham Gooch
Root is also the leading run-getter among the fab-four of modern cricket and the only currently active player to score 9000-plus runs in t🌼he longest format.
Most runs among fab-four in Test cricket:
- 9013* – Joe Root
- 7589 – Virat Kohli
- 7540 – Steve Smith
- 7230 – Kane Williamson
Here is how Twitter reacted to Joe Root’s masterclass:
The bowling hasn't been bad. It's just that Root has been better. Just a class act rising to the occasion this series. Well played 👏🏻
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
The best role model we have had .. is a delight .. hope all kids are trying to emulaಞte the way he is & goes about his bu🦩siness ..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Joe✨ Root becomes the 16th batsman to score 9,000+ Test runs
Joining Tendulkar 🇮🇳, Ponting 🇦🇺, Kallis 🇿🇦, Dravid 🇮🇳, Cook 🏴, Sangakkara 🇱🇰, Lara 🏝️, Chanderpaul 🏝️, Jayawardene 🇱🇰, Border 🇦🇺, Steve Waugh 🇦🇺, Gavaskar 🇮🇳, Youniไs Khan 🇵🇰, Amla 🇿🇦 & Graeme Smith 🇿🇦
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab)
ROOOOOOT 🔥
— Sam Billings (@sambillings)
Top class player.👏🏾
— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa)
Talk about a captain's knock 💪
Walking in at 23/2, Joe Root has put Engl❀and in a good position with his second century of the serie✱s 💯 | |
— ICC (@ICC)
💯Great batsman, great innings. Century number 22 by Joe Root. Only two Englishmen now have more Test hundreds – Kevin Pietersen 23 and Alastair Cook 33.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
Joe ♛Root is the first England player to score hundreds in successive innings in Tests since Ian Bell in Ashes 2013. In this per🦄iod every other team, except Afg & Ire, had at least one batsman doing so.
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
When Root is playing well, you think of two words – Neat and tidy. His fifth Test ton of the yr.
T🦋he one encouraging sign for India is the new ball is swinging a bit. A little more nip ♈and bounce.
Gaps in the cordon don't exactly help.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
Wow Joe Root. Another cent♒ury. Wha꧟t a batsman. Well played lad.
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
Top quality hundred by Joe Root
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
What an effort from exceptional innings from an except▨ion🍷al player.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
6 Test 50s for Joe Root this year; he's converted 5 of them into 100s.
They say the England Test captaincy eventually wears down your batting – it's certainly not happening for Root in the 5th year of his captaincy
— Tim Wigmore (@timwig)
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Excellent ton. The best En💃gland batsman carrying them all by himself.
Played, Root.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Joe Root has 5 hundreds and 1 fifty from ꦍ19 innings at an average of 65 with 1170 runs in Test cricket in 2021.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
