Joe Root surpasses the 10,000 tests as his 115 no out wins England 1-0 in a three-game series against New Zealand with two to play: watch the first day of the second test starting at 10am, Friday, Sky Sports Cricket
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Highlights of the fourth day of the first test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s
Highlights of the fourth day of the first test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s
Joe Root scored a masterful 26th century and passed 10,000 tests as he led England to a five-port victory over New Zealand on the fourth day of the opening of the LV = Insurance series at Lord’s.
England once again needed 61 five-track runs to complete a 277-man chase after recovering 69-4 the previous afternoon thanks mainly to former captain Root (115th) and new skipper Ben Stokes (54). .
Root, who started the day with 77, extended his sixth position with Ben Foakes (32nd) to an uninterrupted 120, as England secured a first victory of the test in 10 attempts and claimed the Stokes era. and Brendon McCullum started with victory.
Ben Foakes (left) and Root (right) shared a century-old partnership as England put an end to a long wait to win a test.
New Zealand would have been cheered by the wet and cloudy conditions around Lord’s, as well as the length of England’s queue and the fact that they could order the second new ball in 15 overs if necessary.
But Root, the 157-ton ball of which was his first in the fourth inning of a test, and Foakes shone under leaden skies, meaning Matthew Potts, Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Matt Parkinson did not. they were needed with the bat and the game was over. up to seven deliveries before the new ball is available.
Root pushed Tim Southee over the mitt by four to complete England’s victory, which may now close with a first win in the Test series since January 2021 if he triumphs at Trent Bridge from Friday.
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Root hit three numbers and became the 14th youngest man, and together the youngest, to reach 10,000 tests when he scored his 23rd morning race.
The Yorkshireman reached this last milestone at exactly the same age as Sir Alastair Cook (31 years, 157 days), the only other Englishman with more than 10,000 tests, when he put Southee by the leg for two.
England triumphs in the dramatic first test
Sunday’s serene conclusion contrasted with much of the rest of the race, which was a frantic adventure with England high on stage, but which seemed ready for another defeat that would shatter the morale of others.
The Stokes team beat New Zealand by just 132 on the first day: debutant Potts and the late Anderson sharing eight ports, but then capitulated 59-0 to 141 in response to their long-standing baptismal problems. they were again evident.
Matthew Potts took seven wickets in his England debut
Potts, Anderson and Broad reduced New Zealand to 56-4 in their second inning, at which point the Black Caps’ lead was a paltry 47 and a two-day end, not seen at Lord’s since 1888, seemed plausible. .
Daryl Mitchell (108 of 203 balls) and Tom Blundell (96 of 198) rescued New Zealand with a fifth association of 195, as the tourist advantage increased to 242, just because England launched a magnificent response with the pilot on saturday. morning, grabbing six covers for 34 runs.
England’s first-rate weaknesses came to the fore again when they fell to 69-4 in the chase of the race, but a 90-yard alliance between Root and Stokes in the fifth hatchback consolidated the local team: Stokes went repressed by a Colin de Grandhomme without ball after cutting. to his strains when he only had one career in his name.
Ben Foakes (left) and Root (right) shared a century-old partnership as England put an end to a long wait to win a test.
Root found a good ally in Foakes, however, with the latter marking a set of limits early in the fourth day after resuming undefeated in the new.
The last day was on Root, however, who became the third man to hit a hundred undefeated in the fourth inning of a Lord’s Test, after Gordon Greenidge for the West Indies against England in 1984 and Nasser Hussain for England vs. New Zealand in 2004.
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Joe Root achieved his 26th hundred and 10,000th test while England beat New Zealand in the first test
Joe Root achieved his 26th hundred and 10,000th test while England beat New Zealand in the first test
Hussain: Vital England began a new era with victory
Sky Sports’ Nasser Hussain: “It was great, from the first ball to the scenes at the end. There was no drama on Sunday, but there was one person the country and English cricket fans wanted to put up with. and it was Root.
“They love him and it was a very happy time for him to reach the 10,000 tests and get England above the line.
“It’s a change of era for English cricket and it was absolutely vital that it started with a win. Now you can imagine the confidence in that locker room.
“All the youngsters are going to be listening to every word from McCullum and Stokes and they want to improve. It’s just a start and they can’t shed, but it’s the start England needed.”
Watch the first day of the second LV = insurance test between England and New Zealand, at Trent Bridge, live on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event from 10am on Friday.