betvisa888VVS Laxman, Michael Vaughan and others react as Joe Root propel England to a 5-wicket win over New Zealand

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Here’s how Twitter reacted

Joe Root scored his 26th Test ton to take England over the finish line against New Zealand in the first Test at Lord’s on Sunday.

Seeing his team in trouble at 69/4 in their chase of 277, Root first added a 90-run stand with newly-appointed England skipper Ben Stokes and then added 120 runs with Ben Foakes to guide the hosts to a five-wicket win. Former Indian cricketers VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly and ex-England skipper Michael Vaughan hailed Root for his match-winning century on Day 4 in 💝a pressure chase.

Brief scores: New Zealand 132 (Colin de Grandhomme 42 not-out; Jaജmes Anderson 4-66) & 285 (Daryl Mitchell 108; Matty Potts 3-55) lost to England 141 (Zak Crawley 43; Tim Southee 4-55) & 279-5 (Joe Root 115 not out; Kyle Jamieson 4-79) by 5 w🌊ickets.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

No better feeling than a match-winning 100 in a pressure run chase.꧅ Many congratulations to on an incredible 100 and on reaching 10000 Test runs, massive achievement.
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)

Englands most complete all round Batter of all time .. 10000 runs & tꦇo do it with a match winning 100 is incredible .. Well done
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)

Joe Roooooooot ..what a player what a 🎀knock under pressure ..an all timꦑe great ..
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99)

Amazing to think this was Joe Root’s first 4th innings ton. Second Englishman to cross 10000 Test runs and equal youngest ever with Sir Alistair Cook at 31yrs and 157 days. Job done for England – well played 👏👏
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)

Root’s got another Te🉐st century, a fabulous one to win the match this time. He’a also gone past 10000 run💞s. I’m inclined to believe he’s England’s best batsman ever having scored runs everywhere.
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)

ROOOOOT! Unbelievable 👏🏼
— Sam Billings (@sambillings)

Congratulations to both and on a winning start. Exciting times ওahead for England! NZ did well to stay in the game after being 132 all out. But they will rue that no ball from de Grandhomme. Probably the final turning point of an exciting Test.
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)

Cracking start for . Life after Joe♚ Root begins with a win inspired by Joe Ro🥀ot.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker)

A special Test hundred while chasing & 10000 Test runs: terrific effort from Joe Root. What a special cricketer! Fantastic career. He's only 31
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)

WHAT A MAN!! 🦁🦁🦁
A huge win to start the summer!
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket)

BOOM!! Tremendous win by ⁦⁩ – thanks to superb batting by ⁦⁩ & Foakes. Congrats to ⁦⁩ on a brilliant start to his captaincy. 👏👏👏👏
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)

What a super🤪 match winning innings by 👏 Did NZ miss trick by playℱing Spinner Patel on this pitch who bowled just 2 overs in the game? .
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)