BBCNEWS BBC News August 14, 2021 14:21:00
Next to the cricket — joe root�*s been at it again, inspiring england on day three of the second test against india at lords. england lostjonny bairstow just after lunch, but not before he'd hit 57. alongside him, joe root so impressive again, for the second successive match, he's hit a century, another landmark he's reached today is 9,000 runs in test cricket, root is the second youngest to that number after sir alastair cook. he slots in ahead of sachin tendulkar and ricky ponting on that list. they're currently 289 for five, they've lost jos buttler who was bowled by ishant sharma on 23...
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