Joe Root scored his twenty sixth Test ton to take England over the end line in opposition to New Zealand within the first Test at Lord’s on Sunday.
Seeing his workforce in bother at 69/4 of their chase of 277, Root first added a 90-run stand with newly-appointed England skipper Ben Stokes and then added 120 runs with Ben Foakes to information the hosts to a five-wicket win. Former Indian cricketers VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly and ex-England skipper Michael Vaughan hailed Root for his match-winning century on Day 4 in a strain chase.
Brief scores: New Zealand 132 (Colin de Grandhomme 42 not-out; James Anderson 4-66) & 285 (Daryl Mitchell 108; Matty Potts 3-55) misplaced to England 141 (Zak Crawley 43; Tim Southee 4-55) & 279-5 (Joe Root 115 not out; Kyle Jamieson 4-79) by 5 wickets.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
No higher feeling than a match-winning 100 in a strain run chase. Many congratulations to @root66 on an unimaginable 100 and on reaching 10000 Test runs, huge achievement. #ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/1mvfdwrtyv
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) June 5, 2022
Englands most full all spherical Batter of all time .. 10000 runs & to do it with a match successful 100 is unimaginable .. Well achieved @root66 #Lords
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) June 5, 2022
Joe Roooooooot ..what a participant what a knock underneath strain ..an all time nice ..@bcci @icc
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) June 5, 2022
Amazing to suppose this was Joe Root’s first 4th innings ton. Second Englishman to cross 10000 Test runs and equal youngest ever with Sir Alistair Cook at 31yrs and 157 days. Job achieved for England – nicely performed ??#ENGvsNZ
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) June 5, 2022
Root’s received one other Test century, a fabulous one to win the match this time. He’a additionally gone previous 10000 runs. I’m inclined to consider he’s England’s greatest batsman ever having scored runs in all places.
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) June 5, 2022
ROOOOOT! Unbelievable ??
— Sam Billings (@sambillings) June 5, 2022
Congratulations to each @benstokes38 and @Bazmccullum on a successful begin. Exciting instances forward for England! NZ did nicely to keep within the sport after being 132 all out. But they are going to rue that no ball from de Grandhomme. Probably the ultimate turning level of an thrilling Test. #ENGvNZ
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) June 5, 2022
Cracking begin for @benstokes38. Life after Joe Root begins with a win impressed by Joe Root.
— Gary Lineker ?? (@GaryLineker) June 5, 2022
A particular Test hundred whereas chasing & 10000 Test runs: terrific effort from Joe Root. What a particular cricketer! Fantastic profession. He’s solely 31
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) June 5, 2022
WHAT A MAN!! ???
An enormous win to begin the summer time!
??????? #ENGvNZ ?? pic.twitter.com/LYe4AJUn50
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 5, 2022
BOOM!! Tremendous win by @englandcricket – thanks to excellent batting by @root66 & Foakes. Congrats to @benstokes38 on a good begin to his captaincy. ???? pic.twitter.com/D9Q5Xz6KGr
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2022
What a tremendous match successful innings by #JoeRoot ? Did NZ miss trick by taking part in Spinner Patel on this pitch who bowled simply 2 overs within the sport? . #ENGvsNZ #NzvsEng #CticketTwitter
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) June 5, 2022
Joe Root is the primary batter in Test historical past to attain 10,000 runs milestone in lower than 10 years. #EngvNZ
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 5, 2022
10,000 Test Runs ✅
Another spot on the Honours Boards ✅Congratulations, @root66 ?#LoveLords | #ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/mhYElQb1uB
— Lord’s Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) June 5, 2022
Joe Root has 10,000 Test runs. And he is simply 31 ? Well performed and congratulations @root66 ?? #ENGvNZ pic.twitter.com/l5dDL5v7Iz
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) June 5, 2022
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