ENG vs WI 2nd Test: Joe Root and Harry Brook have scored centuries while performing well for England. A test series is being played between England and West Indies. Its second match is being held in Nottingham. England had scored 416 runs in the first innings. After this, they crossed the 400 run mark in the second innings. Root played a brilliant innings of 122 runs for the team. Brook scored 109 runs. Earlier, West Indies had scored 457 runs in the first innings.
Root has made a special record by performing well. He has reached the second position in the list of active players in terms of scoring the most international centuries. Root has scored 48 centuries. Virat Kohli is at the first position in this list. He has scored 80 centuries. Rohit Sharma is also at the second position. Rohit and Root are jointly at the second position. Rohit has also scored 48 centuries. Kane Williamson has scored 45 centuries. He is at the third position.
Root is the highest run scorer in the history of the World Test Championship. He has also scored the most centuries in it. Along with this, he also holds the record of scoring a double century.
Actually the second test match is being played between England and West Indies. England scored 425 runs in its second innings before being all out. During this, Brook scored 109 runs facing 132 balls. Brook’s innings included 13 fours. Root scored 122 runs facing 178 balls. Root hit 10 fours. Ben Duckett played an important innings of 76 runs.
Ollie Pope scored a century in the first innings for England. He scored 121 runs facing 167 balls. Duckett played an innings of 71 runs. In this way the team scored 416 runs in the first innings. In response, West Indies scored 457 runs in the first innings.
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