England v Sri Lanka: Root reaches history
Test Match Special
BBC
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🗓️ 31 August 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Jonathan Agnew is alongside Alastair Cook and Michael Vaughan at Lord's for reaction to Joe Root hitting his 34th hundred, taking him past Cook's record, and helping England take control of the second test against Sri Lanka. They discuss Root, Ollie Pope's management of the game situation with bad light stopping play, and how test cricket can adapt to be able to keep playing in darker conditions.
Root says he's "still got a lot of work to do" despite hitting his record 34th century.
Plus, Isa Guha, Steven Finn, Phil Tufnell & Andy Zaltzman take a look through what has made Root's career so impressive.
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| 0:40.8 | Hello, I'm Jonathan Agnew. |
| 0:41.9 | Welcome to the Test Match Special Podcast from Lords where |
| 0:44.2 | Joe Root has raised the bar and made history. |
| 0:47.2 | He gives himself room. He calls it out to the cover and |
| 0:50.6 | Joe Root goes to 34 test hundreds. He jumps in the air he raises his |
| 0:59.0 | back to the crowd everyone up on their feet. To come we'll hear from the man himself after he hit his 34th century for England |
| 1:06.0 | and we'll also have analysis of the day's play from Alistair Cook and Michael Vaughan. |
| 1:10.0 | Plus we have a deeper look at Roots Incredible Achievement. |
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