00:00Lifting good touch for England over the last year or so. Comes in. Ian Bell being run out.
00:06Root and Bell to come in and play shots. He does play a shot. He plays it well. That's his go-to shot and it's gone all the way for six.
00:17He played a few times in the first innings very effectively. It comes from nowhere.
00:22You see the replay of the six. Excellent shot from an excellent player.
00:35Evidence against not good bowling. Suleiman Ben was a weak link for the West Indies on the first day.
00:40If you remember, he didn't bowl especially well. He put down a catch at mid-wicket.
00:44He doesn't offer much threat, Marlon Samuels. He's not a great spinner of the ball, but what you've got to hope from him then is that he'll be able to get out of the way.
01:09Dived over one at mid on.
01:14Driven nicely.
01:18Beautiful shot, Joe Root. Four more.
01:27Gorgeous assist, wasn't it?
01:30He's personified.
01:34Not an absolute half-volley. Just sat a little bit of width.
01:39Everything's right about it in terms of the shot. The balance is good.
01:42The hands just go through it beautifully.
01:48Gorgeous.
01:52Same again.
01:56Bowl drives. You go for four.
01:57Well, it's where all those hours of practice allied to a very, very well-defined talent just pays off.
02:12Because the grooving is there. It's almost identical.
02:18Foot movement, the balance.
02:20Team are leading by 250 there again.
02:23That trajectory very, very flat from Suleiman Ben.
02:26And it allows Joe Root to scamper a second and bring up his second half-century of the match.
02:34Very good young player.
02:35Really important in England's first time around when England were up against it.
02:39That partnership, 177-run partnership with Ian Bell was significant.
02:44The spotlight and the pressure of the match.
02:49Edged.
02:50Wide of slip.
02:52On this occasion, Suleiman Ben did get some loop.
02:56Gold a much better length there.
02:58He dragged Root into the drive and took the...
03:00Gone through it.
03:11Wicked for Jason Holder.
03:13Looks like a little bit of extra bounce and nipped back into Joe Root.
03:18Not for the first time in this match, Root has played onto his stumps.
03:23Yes, very similar.
03:25First time around, he just played defensively and the ball rolled back onto his stumps.
03:30Stumps and same again to Holder.
03:34He does play the ball very late, Joe Root.
03:36He often just knocks it down behind square on the offside.
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