8. 83 v WI, 2015.

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00:00Of course, we haven't had a lot of sunshine this morning, so it's probably steered in the pitch a bit.

00:07Ooh, now!

00:09You know, it was a bad ball, and Joe Root went after it, which was well within his rights, given how short and wide he was.

00:16But he seemed to toe-end it, not that far away from Ben in the gully, who, being an extremely tall man, has got plenty of arm span there.

00:28He's a good catcher as well, Ben, in the gully position. How close is this?

00:36Safe enough, I think.

00:41Very full delivery. Square leg hasn't picked it up at all. Swept away for four.

00:49This was floated up. Could have hit it anywhere he wanted to, but knew where the gap was.

00:54There's no one out there at mid-wicket. Ben gets a treatment.

01:04Short cutaway, that'll be four more.

01:07Very good, this from England after lunch. Busy players using the depth of the crease.

01:12Messing with Ben's length, really. Ben full got swept and dragged it down, and now he's been cut for four.

01:18F***ing.

01:19F***ing.

01:28Slashed away, and over first slip.

01:31The good thing that Joe Root did there was he went really hard at the ball, so that edge was travelling.

01:37The number of deliveries that he's using to set him up. Too many different deliveries from both Ben and Roach.

01:46Well, four by.

01:57It's a good shot. That's a very good shot.

02:00Tried it once before and failed. This time he's absolutely nailed it.

02:04And that is one of those scoring opportunities that has had to be manufactured.

02:08And Joe Root had no idea where that had gone.

02:18Stumps.

02:22That's put away. Deserved to be put away. Short and wide.

02:26And Joe Root's too good a player to miss out.

02:30Yeah, lose delivery from Jason Holden. Showing good control today.

02:34Probably half of what he's then picked up all the wicket for a while, and they're just starting to agitate the balls.

02:41They're trying that a little bit harder.

02:43Instead of staying to the basics, just freeing up the batsmen.

02:46And also, they now know that these two will go after him.

02:5347 for Joe Root.

02:58Clipped away. Now he might think of three here.

03:00He needs three for 50. I think he's going to settle for two.

03:02The field is quick.

03:04Down the ground. What a lovely way to go to 50.

03:21Super shot, Joe Root. Super player.

03:25151 for three.

03:27And that's probably the best shot he's played.

03:30Very easy.

03:32Protection to his eighth half century.

03:35First against the West Indies.

03:3721st.

03:38First pass.

03:42Raises back quite rightly.

03:44Let's have a look at this shot.

03:45I think it's the best shot he's played.

03:46It's on the up.

03:47Just punched it.

03:48He's timed it down the ground.

03:50One of the hardest shots to play.

03:51And control.

03:53And that is executed.

03:55Never seen it.

03:56Really is a good shot.

03:58Gets better and better, Joe Root.

03:59Shot of a player in fine form down the ground.

04:04Good balance.

04:05Waited for it.

04:08Well played, Joe Root.

04:09Well, this is why he's in a little bit of pain.

04:15Because he's been out there batting and smashing it everywhere.

04:18A little bit of luck.

04:19And he only went hard at that, to be fair.

04:20He's played spin really well.

04:22Front foot, he's swept back foot, he's cut.

04:25And that was the shot to go to 50.

04:27Beautiful shot down the ground.

04:37Pulled away beautifully.

04:38Lovely at picking up length.

04:40And he picks up length quickly.

04:42Four more.

04:43160 for three.

04:44Excellent.

04:55It just shows you how little pace there is.

04:57That's why you have to be accurate.

05:00It's all the time in the world there, Joe Root.

05:04Berating himself.

05:05And now he strokes this into the gap quite nicely.

05:08Beautiful balance in the shot.

05:10And the precision brings him a boundary.

05:19Between attack and defence.

05:22Absolute final shot.

05:24There's a nice gap there.

05:28As Suleman-Ben is just a little square at mid-wicket.

05:32His bottom hand there to find protection down at third mid.

05:40Deliberately played.

05:57Maybe went a little bit finer than he intended.

06:03Looks as though it's a good stop there from Craig Brafwaite.

06:06Westin.

06:12Did that well enough?

06:14Dribbles into the boundary for another boundary.

06:17He's not prepared, Joe Root, to allow the ballers to just trundle in at him.

06:23Yeah, and that's good cricketing sense, really.

06:28Drags it back on.

06:30The bowling change has brought the wicket.

06:32Westin has been seeking for what seems like far too long.

06:35And Joe Root, who's been playing with such ease,

06:40looks mortified there as he has to leave the field.

06:43But Westin is desperately in need of that wicket.

06:46Here, he's very cross with himself.

06:49A soft dismissal.

06:51Waxes back on the way back to the pavilion.

06:53This is why just a half shot.

06:55He didn't know whether to play it or leave it.

06:57Early on in his innings, he was just leaving those.

07:00He's so comfortable, he pokes his bat at it.

07:02And Joe Root leaves the field.

07:04A very disappointed young man.

07:06He's gone for 83.

07:082-11 for four.

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