Joe Root proved to be England’s anchorman yet again as wickets fell around him in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s on Thursday.
England, 42-2 when star batsman Root came in to bat, were 306-6 at the time of going to press on the first day.
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Root, fresh from his match-clinching 62 not out in England’s five-wicket win in the first Test last week, was unbeaten on 142.
Brief scores
England 306-6 (J Root 142*, G Atkinson 44*, B Duckett 40; L Kumara 2-55) v SL (scores incomplete)
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