Joe Root Hits 25th Century against West Indies

Joe Root: Been the rock quite a while carrying the uninspired flaky England batting line up. A truly generational talent in the world of cricket. Taking the captaincy charge from Alastair Cook, it took quite a toll on his average but since January 2021, Root took the word elevation portentous and put it into action and once again established himself as a batsman to reckon with by rooting himself deep into some serious consistency. 

25the Century for Joe Root! That's a SILVER. 

 

Joe Root test stats between, 

2017-2020:6 Test Centuries

2021 onwards: 8 Test centuries

Joe Root in Test cricket

Matches - 116 

Innings-213 

Runs-9829*

Average- 49.89 

Centuries-25

Fifties - 53

SIGNIFICANT RECORDS 

Most Test centuries by visiting captains in West Indies :

1.Graeme Smith (South Africa) - 4

2.Colin Cowdrey (England) -3

3.Steve Waugh (Australia) -3 

4.Andrew Strauss (England) -3

5.Joe Root (England) -3*

Most Test centuries for England in West Indies 

1.Colin Cowdrey-4 

2.Joe Root-4*

RECENT FORM

Joe Root (England) became the only batsman to score pass 2,000 Test runs since the start of 2021 followed by Rishabh Pant (India)  with 1077 runs and Dimuth Karunratne (Sri Lanka) with 1068 runs. 

THE FABULOUS 4 DOOR

Joe Root’s talent with the bat is often neglected by the mainstream media compared to his three arch-rivals(competitors) but the stats speaks a volumn.

Fabulous 4 CENTURY stats on January 2021

1.Virat Kohli - 27

2.Steve Smith - 26

3.Kane Williamson - 24

4.Joe Root - 17

Fabulous 4 Stats current CENTURY stats. 

1. Steven Smith - 27

2. Virat Kohli - 27

3. Joe Root - 25

4. Kane Williamson - 24

Joe Root has all the potentiality in the world to be the greatest ever batsman for England. With age on his side, Cook's run tally isn't safe as long as he's around on crease and keep up with this consistency.

Pakistan PCB in trouble at day 3

Pakistan failed to capitalise partnerships in the middle saw them at the loose end on Day 3 against Australia. 

OFFICIAL MATCH COMMENTARY 

After watching Australia bat in the 1st innings, we were sure that this will be a repeat of the 1st test. But gosh how good was Australian bowling! Terrific stuff. They have got a lead of 408 runs now in their kitty and surprisingly, Pat Cummins signals to get the roller on which means they are batting again. 'I am astonished by that' reckons Mike Haysman on air.

A bad day at the office for Pakistan! Things just went from bad to worse for them. From 38-1, Pakistan have been all out for 148. It started with Abdullah Shafique's suicidal run out and Imam gifting his wicket away. Their top order crumbled after that and no one showed fight. Wickets continued to tumble like a pack of cards. Babar Azam was the only one who stayed and played a lone battle. Shaheen Afridi and Nauman Ali did stitch the highest partnership of their innings but that was it. Pakistan really have to come back stronger with the ball now as they trail by 408 runs and need to replicate a bowling performance like Australia.

Mighty Aussies as they say! This is some sensational bowling from Australia. Lyon started post Lunch with a wicket and from there on, they just got into their groove and bowled class apart. Starc struck twice after that to put Pakistan in further trouble. And later, Cummins and Green bagged a wicket each which meant that a follow-on was very much on cards for the hosts. Mitchell Starc ended with three wickets by his name. They headed into the Tea break with only 3 wickets to grab and after the break, it didn't take much time to get those. Swepson got rid of Babar Azam to bag his maiden Test wicket which meant that Pakistan were bound to get all out sooner or later and he was the one who ended the proceedings as well. Australia have decided to not enforce the follow-on and this has come as a surprise but with a lead of 408 runs already, they will be happy to give their bowlers some rest now and pile more runs to the lead. They clearly have the upper hand in this Test. With 26 overs still left and with two days to go, Australia might look to add 100-150 runs or so and declare later.

Fab 4 in TEST CRICKET CURRENT RANKING : Root, Smith , Williamson & Kohli

Three (3) of the fab4 batsman of test cricket are currently playing except Williamson. Virat Kohli is playing against Sri Lanka in India, Steve Smith is playing against Pakistan in Karachi and Joe Root against West Indies. 

CURRENT RANKING

1. JOE ROOT

Joe Root currently tops the batting ranking among the fab4 with a total rating points of 872 and currently ranked 2nd in the world in test cricket. He scored his 24th century in the ongoing match. 

2. Steve Smith 

Smith currently sits at number 2 and overall number 3 with a total rating points of 851. He scored half century but failed to convert into three digits score in the ongoing match against Pakistan. 

3. Kane Williamson 

Williamson is currently at number 3 and overall number 4 with a total rating points of 844. 

The kiwi captain is currently not on tour for series. 

4. Virat Kohli 

Last but not the least, Virat Kohli, Indian scintillating batsman sits at number 4 with a rating points of 763. The Indian former captain is playing his maiden test series after stepping down as Indian Captain but the score is not doing any better so far.