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Root 254 enables England to pile 589/8d

Joe Root 254
Joe Root 254

Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, 2nd Investec Test: England v Pakistan at Manchester, Jul 22-26, 2016

England won the toss and elected to bat.

England 1st Innings 589/8d (152.2 ov) AN Cook 105 off 172, 15 fours, JE Root 254 off 406, 27 fours, CR Woakes 58 off 104, 8 fours and 1 six, Mohammad Amir 89-2, Rahat Ali 101-2, Wahab Riaz 106-3, Yasir Shah 213-1.

Pakistan 1st Innings 57/4 (24 ov) Shan Masood 30 not out off 75, 3 fours, CR Woakes 18-3, BA Stokes 11-1.

Joe Root’s 254 of 406 balls, piled up an inpregnable score against Pakistan in the first innings. His 200 was brought by whipping a reverse sweep against Yasir to the third man boundary. He had been in the crease for eight-and-three-quarter hours and faced 355 balls. Woakes fell for 58 from 104 balls, 13 minutes before lunch, when Yasir forced a return catch around the wicket.Woakes took 3 wickets and Ben Stokes one wicket.