Captains in pink as new boys fail

By Chris Stocks at Edgbaston

Centurion Joe Root celebrates his 50 with Alastair Cook
PICTURE: Getty Images

ENGLAND captain Joe Root produced a recordbreaking innings to help put England in control on the opening day of this first day-night Test against West Indies.
Root’s sublime century, the 13th of his Test career, was the 11th consecutive Test match in which he has scored a least 50, surpassing John Edrich’s England record of 10 consecutive matches established between 1969-71.
The Yorkshireman is now just one behind South African AB de Villiers’ world record of 12. B...

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