England’s batting maestro Joe Root continued his incredible run in Test cricket by scoring a brilliant century on Day 3 of the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford, Manchester. The century was his 38th in the red-ball format and saw him break multiple records,

Joe Root has become the third highest run scorer in test cricket as he helped England reach 332-2, only 26 runs behind India.

By Peter Hall MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley scored at a rapid rate to steer England to 77-0 at tea on day two of the fourth test at Old Trafford, the hosts trailing India by 281 runs on Thursday.