Nevertheless, Root went on to register his 103rd score of fifty or more with Pope also nearing the milestone by the stroke of Tea. Brief Scores: England 153/2 (Joe Root 54*, Ollie Pope 44*; Nitish ...

Joe Root anchored England's innings on a day when the batters were tested intensively throughout. Root, who crossed 3000 Test runs against India, took an old-fashioned approach of grinding it out ...