A serene century from Joe Root and a spectacular 184 not out from Harry Brook took England to 315-3 on a rain-affected day
Root checks a defensive stroke that drops just short of the bowling Wagner, who smiles a little ruefully. Wagner’s attitude is fantastic. He has been hammered all series, yet he is still charging in as if it’s the last half-hour of a World Test Championship final.
. He hits the ball more cleanly than anyone I’ve seen live, and I saw Graham Gooch win a 40-over match in the first 10 overs.”A short ball from Henry is cuffed through midwicket for four by Brook, another shot played with frightening hand-speed. That takes him to 149, and he glides the next ball to the third-man boundary to bring up an150: 145 balls, 21x4, 3x6. I’m running out of ways to say that I’m running out of ways to describe Brook’s batting.
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