Joe Root after scoring his 32nd Test century (x.com)
England's modern-day legend, Joe Root, registered his 32nd Test century against the West Indies on Day 4 of the Trent Bridge Test match, equalling the tally of Steve Waugh, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson.
The 33-year-old English batter raced away to the milestone cracking, crunching a drive through point against Alzarri Joseph to reach the milestone in the post-tea session. With this hundred, Root has completed five centuries at the venue.
It is worth mentioning that it is the Englishman's 48th international century, the second-most century-getter among active cricketers - after Virat Kohli (80) and Rohit Sharma (48).
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As far as Test centuries are concerned, Root has 10 more batters ahead of him. Meanwhile, the English batter is 8th on the list for most Test runs - with 11940* runs in 142 matches.
Most Centuries in Test Cricket
S No.
Players
Test Centuries
1
Sachin Tendulkar
51
2
Jacques Kallis
45
3
Ricky Ponting
41
4
Kumar Sangakkara
38
5
Rahul Dravid
36
6
Younis Khan
34
7
Sunil Gavaskar
34
8
Brian Lara
34
9
Mahela Jayawardene
34
10
Alastair Cook
33
11
Kane Williamson
32
12
Steve Smith
32
13
Joe Root
32
Nevertheless, the English number 4 was dismissed by Jason Holder on 122. Thanks to efforts from Root, Harry Brook - who slammed a ton earlier in the innings, and Ben Duckett, England have notched a mighty total of 425 runs in the third innings, giving the Windies a target of 387 runs to win the Test match.
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