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  • Former England Cricketer Backs Joe Root To Break Sachin Tendulkar’s Test Runs Record. cricket news

    ENG vs SL: Former England cricketer David Lloyd has backed Joe Root to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs in Test cricket. The ‘unstoppable’ Joe Root created history after he scored his second hundred of the ongoing Lord’s Test against Sri Lanka. Root scored 103 in the second innings to take his tally of centuries to 34 and surpass Alastair Cook to become England’s leading century-maker in Test matches.

    Root has 12,377 runs to his name in Test cricket and has a realistic chance of breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs in Test cricket. The Indian legend scored 15,921 runs in 200 Test matches and Root needs 3544 runs to go past Tendulkar.

    “With the amount of Test cricket England play, and the skill he has, there’s every chance he’ll overtake Sachin Tendulkar’s world-record 15,921 runs,” wrote David Lloyd in his coloum.

    Root’s hundred helped England score 251 in the second innings and set Sri Lanka a target of 483 to win the second Test.

    Meanwhile, Alastair Cook got emotional after Root surpassed him to become England’s leading century maker in Tests. Cook lavished praise on Root and called the former captain England’s greatest Test batter.

    “He is quite simply England’s greatest, and it’s right that he should have this record, on his own. We are watching a genius,” commented Alastair Cook on BBC.

    “I don’t think there’s a batsman that I can remember watching play…the sense of inevitability about scoring runs that Joe Root gives off. I called it when he was on about 6 today, that he was going to get 100. I know he’s in great form, but it’s just a pleasure to watch a master, a craftsman at work,” he added.

    Cook recalled the time when he first saw Joe Root play for England and said he knew Root would achieve some stellar feats for England.

    “The game was in the balance and he walked out to bat with his England cap on, looking 13, massive smile on his face. I watched his first few balls, and I was like, ‘This bloke is here to stay.’ I honestly said, ‘He’s scoring 10,000 runs.’ I don’t know who I said it to, but I know that I said it,” he said.

  • Mark Wood Creates History Bowls The Fastest Over Ever For England At Home Against West Indies in Second Test | cricket news

    Pacer Mark Wood continued to add to his credentials as one of the fastest bowlers produced, delivering the fastest over bowled by an English bowler at home since the beginning of data recording for the same since 2006. In his first over on the morning of day two. of the second Test against West Indies, Wood was firing some rockets. He started his over at 93.9 mph, then went on to produce deliveries of 96.1 mph, 95.2 mph, 92.2 mph, 96.5 mph and 95.2 mph for the rest of his over. The average speed during the over was 94.7 mph, as per Wisden.

    The aforementioned over was the fastest over bowled by an England bowler at home since the data for the same started being recorded back in 2006, as per Wisden. In his second over, Wood continued with his fierceness, not bowling a ball slower than 94 mph, with the fastest ball being at 95.7 mph.

    But then, in the third over, the scoreboard at the stadium displayed Wood’s speed on the fifth ball at 97 mph, translating to 156 kmph. The speed throughout the over was 95 mph, 93 mph, 95 mph, 96 mph, 97 mph and 94 mph, as per ESPNCricinfo’s data. Wood ended the over with an average speed of 95 mph, breaking his own record that he had set just two overs ago!

    After three overs, his figures read, three overs, one maiden over, five runs, and zero wickets. The fifth ball of his third over to Mikyle Louis was a brutal bouncer that Louis avoided successfully.

    Notably, in the match, West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl first. England delivered a fine batting performance, powered by Ollie Pope’s sixth Test ton (121 in 167 balls, with 15 fours and a six) and fine half-centuries from Ben Duckett (71 in 59 balls, with 14 fours) and skipper Ben Stokes ( 69 in 104 balls, with eight fours). England made 416/10 in 88.3 overs.

    Alzarri Joseph (3/98) was the pick of the bowlers for WI. Jayden Seales, Kavem Hodge, Kevin Sinclair took two wickets while Shamar Joseph got one wicket.

    In their first inning, WI is tasked with overcoming such a big deficit and on their way to 200 run mark. They have lost three wickets at the time of writing.

    West Indies (Playing XI): Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Mikyle Lewis, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva(w), Alzarri Joseph, Kevin Sinclair, Shamar Joseph, Jayden Seales

    England (Playing XI): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir.