Joe Root closing in on top three English Test run-scorers after Chennai ton Joe Root reached 100 in his 100th Test (Nick Potts/PA) England captain Joe Root marked his 100th Test appearance with a century against India on Friday. The Yorkshire batsman reached stumps in Chennai on 128 not out for his third ton in successive Tests – following scores of 228 and 186 against Sri Lanka – and the 20th for his country. Here, the PA news agency looks back at Root’s record after he celebrated his cap landmark in style. Ton up Root became the ninth batsman to make a century in his 100th Test, with England now accounting for a third of that list.