64. 62* v SL, 2024.

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00:00good solid block from Joe root that should be tea it is tea oh yeah no

00:16couple there but just that fraction wider from the ball before and that's

00:21all Joe root needs hit down into the hard square so it bounced up over the

00:28fifth slip the top spun away towards the boundary first boundary for Joe root in

00:3595 deliveries and we're paying tribute and are paying tribute to Graham Thorpe

00:41during this test match will be famously made match-winning runs with very few

00:51boundaries in them against this opposition

01:03easy as you like he loves this ground most runs in test match cricket on this

01:09ground 64 test match half centuries now to go with his 32 hundreds world-class

01:16player very understated celebration of 50 64 test match 50s but you know the job

01:30isn't completely done yet it's nearly there but it's not done yet

01:33down the ground and that will do nicely for Joe root Holly Pope wins his first game as captain of the test

01:58side big smile on Joe roots face they win four in a row this summer and absolutely

02:06fitting that in a game where the England boys wore black armbands for one of

02:11England's greats in Graham Thorpe a lad that Graham absolutely loved as a player

02:17Joe root one of England's greats finishes it with a boundary down the ground convincing

02:25win in the end by five wickets root showed his class he was there at the end they were ruthless