US EditionRoot Unbeaten on 99 as England Score Slowly but Steadily Against India at Lord's
GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND, JUL 10 – England adopted a classical batting style on a slow pitch, with Joe Root facing 191 balls and remaining unbeaten on 99 as the team reached 251 for four wickets.
- Joe Root scored an unbeaten 99 runs on the first day of the third Test between England and India at Lord's on Thursday.
- England’s innings got off to a difficult start when Nitish Kumar Reddy quickly dismissed their first two batsmen, Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley, prompting Joe Root and Ollie Pope to take a measured and cautious approach.
- Root and Pope stabilised the innings with a 109-run partnership while England scored slowly at about three runs per over amid challenging conditions and a high false shot rate.
- Joe Root surpassed Graham Gooch’s long-standing mark for the highest number of international runs scored at Lord’s, accumulating over 2,500 runs along with eight centuries and ten half-centuries at the venue.
- England ended the day at 251 for four, with the innings paced to put pressure on India and Root expected to continue his bid for a 37th Test century on Friday.
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IND vs ENG, Lord's Test Day 2 Live Score: As the Lord’s Test rolls into Day 2, India will aim to capitalise on their disciplined Day 1 bowling effort—led by Nitish Kumar Reddy’s double strike—but the danger still looms with Joe Root unbeaten on 99 and captain Ben Stokes at the crease.
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One of India’s greatest adversaries has shown up at Lord’s and given England the edge on the first day of the third Test. As England’s best batter, Joe Root has had a middling impact on the tied Test series so far. But grafting for more than five hours on a roasting pitch on Thursday earned him an unbeaten 99 that was easily beaconed in a total of 251-4 at stumps. Root fought for almost the entire first day to vindicate captain Ben Stokes’s deci…
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