'I Know I Said That': Alastair Cook Gives Surprising Remark, Admits Being Unimpressed By Joe Root

ENG vs SL 2nd Test: Joe Root is current batting on an autopilot mode. One of England's greatest batters Root has left the Sri Lankan team clueless and begging for answers. In the second Test match that is being played at Lord's London, Root stacked up another Test ton and it was an innings of the finest order. Root scored 143 runs from 206 balls and scored these runs at a strike rate of 69.42.

Root Races Past Alastair Cook

Joe Root now has 34* Test tons to he his name. The former English skipper raced ahead of Alastair Cook who has 34 Test hundreds to his name. When Asked about Joe Root, Cook hailed him, but also admitted that he was skeptical about the English batter when he first saw him. 'He is quite simply England's greatest, and it's right that he should have this record, on his own. We are watching a genius. I don't think there's a batsman that I can remember watching play...the sense of inevitability about scoring runs that Joe Root gives off. I called it when he was on about 6 today, that he was going to get 100', said Cook.

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Cook also admitted that he had his reservations with Root but they all fizzed out, once he actually saw him bat. 'The game was in the balance and he walked out to bat with his England cap on, looking 13, massive smile on his face. I watched his first few balls, and I was like, This bloke is here to stay.', added cook

Most Hundreds in Test Cricket 

• 51: Sachin Tendulkar, India
• 45: Jacques Kallis, South Africa/ICC
• 41: Ricky Ponting, Australia
• 38: Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka
• 36: Rahul Dravid, India/ICC
• 34: Sunil Gavaskar, India
• 34: Brian Lara, West Indies
• 34: Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka
• 34: Younis Khan, Pakistan
• 34*: Joe Root, England
• 33: Alastair Cook, England

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England Eye A Consecutive Series Win

England have started their home summer in some fashion, prior to the Sri Lanka series, they defeated West Indies 3-0, and now they lead the current ENG vs SL three-match Test series by 1-0.