After being put in by Sri Lanka at Lord’s, England reached 358-7, largely thanks to Joe Root making 143 to join Alastair Cook on 33 Test centuries
Joe Root kisses his helmet after reaching his century on day one of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s.Joe Root kisses his helmet after reaching his century on day one of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s.
Harry Brook had the temerity to call Root “grandad” recently but at 33 years old and claiming to feel more like Peter Pan in this refreshed England team, there is the promise of more to come; more mountains to climb, like scratching the itch of a first century in Australia in 18 months’ time or perhaps even an assault on Sachin Tendulkar’s record 15,921 Test runs, Root sitting 3,647 away at the time of writing.
It had also been party time at the other end, Gus Atkinson having walked out at a seemingly troublesome 216 for six and delivering an unbeaten 74 from 81 balls, as 158 runs flowed after tea overall. It may be that the good people at Wisden have one of their five cricketers of the year in the bag already, with Atkinson, 26 wickets so far in his maiden Test summer, demonstrating the second string to his bow by cracking five fours and four sixes.
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