It was understated and efficient, bereft of over exuberance, just like his batting on the opening day of the second Test at Lord’s where he equalled Sir Alastair Cook as the scorer of the most ...

England were left facing an uphill battle to maintain their unbeaten Test summer after batting with “no thought” in the ...

Jamie Smith’s flamboyant counter-attack kept England alive in the third Test against Sri Lanka after a burst of five wickets ...

He had surpassed Sir Alastair Cook ... as he tried to drive. Root was unflustered. “He is staying calm, staying in the moment. Just like he has been all day,” said Cook, who could have added ...

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England face their toughest fight of the summer after a ragged display at the Kia Oval allowed Sri Lanka to seize control on ...

and normal service appeared to resume when he punched a classy cover drive to overtake Kumar Sangakkara as the sixth highest run-scorer in Test history. Only Sir Alastair Cook stands between him ...

Root added 103 to his first-innings 143 to surpass Alastair Cook’s mark of 33 Test match hundreds for ... slashing an Asitha bouncer straight to deep backward point for 17, shortly after Sri Lanka had ...