Root brings up his 39th Test ton

Sun, 03 August 2025

21:22

England 2nd inns 331-4 (70 ovs); Target: 374 | Scorecard

Akash Deep to bowl the first over after tea. Two slips and gully in place.

Bethell is on strike. Akash goes round the wicket and sends in a a full delivery angling in and Bethell taps it back right to the bowler. The fielder at mid-off cuts it off. No run on offer.

Bethell drives the next delivery firmly but the ball goes straight to the fielder at mid-on.

Four more dots follow. A maiden for Akash, his fourth in the innings.

Siraj continues. Root taps one to backward point and scampers for a single.

He is on 99 now.

Bethel edges the next delivery but he is safe. He guides the next delivery to backward point but no run on offer.

He sees off the remaining three deliveries too. Just a single off the over.

Akash Deep continues and starts off with a wide down the leg side. Five runs as the ball runs away to boundary splitting the keeper and the leg slip fielder.

Root then picks up a couple with push to long and completes his century. 39th Test ton for him! It came off 137 balls with the help of 12 boundaries. A majestic knock under pressure from a special cricketer! He pulls out a Graham Thorpe headband to celebrate the century!

After a dot, he taps the next ball away for a single.

Four! Bethell uses his feet and punches one through covers for a boundary.

The final delivery is a yorker which Bethell digs out. 12 come off the over.

England now need 44 runs to seal the deal.

Siraj with a fresh over and Root mistimes the drive to mid-off. No run on offer.

After another dot, Root drives one through cover for a single.

Bethell then defends the fullish delivery on off-stump to the off-side.

Two more dots to end the over. Just a single come off it.

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