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Joe Root trudged off chuntering to himself and shaking his head. It had happened again. Root had been pinned lbw by a medium-fast bowler – Nathan Smith this time, rather than Matt Henry – with the wicketkeeper stood up to the stumps,
In its hour of need, English cricket has turned to Joe Root. Not for the first time. Usually it’s to steady the ship after a top-order batting collapse. This time, it’s to see the team through a crisis brought on by its captain paying an ill-advised visit to a London nightclub.
The final day of the Nottingham Test match between England and New Zealand began with the hosts needing 270 runs more to win. The English side had ended the 4th day on 103/4 from 15 overs with Joe Root on nine runs from 11 balls.
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By Martyn Herman June 20 (Reuters) - England batsman Joe Root became only the second player to reach 14,000 test runs as he led his side's resistance with an unbeaten half century against New Zealand on day four of the second test at The Oval on Saturday.
