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Friday, 22 July 2016
Cook, Root slam tons
Alastair Cook and Joe Root made hundreds of years to lift England to a directing 314 for four at the nearby on the main day of the second Test against Pakistan on Friday.
The pair shared a smooth second-wicket association of 185 in incredible batting conditions at Old Trafford.
Cook was rocked the bowling alley by Mohammad Amir for 105 on the stroke of tea yet Root kept on excoriating the tiring assault and completed unbeaten on 141 with Chris Woakes two not out.
Pakistan began well subsequent to losing the hurl when Amir played Alex Hales for 10.
Cook and Root conveyed the hosts to 95 for one at lunch, and the captain tranquilly progressed to his 29th Test hundred.
Going into tea, Amir created a ball that kept low and collided with Cook's stumps off the base of the bat.
Root went to his tenth Test century by cut-out spinner Yasir Shah to the mid-wicket limit, one of his 18 fours.
James Vince played some all around coordinated strokes on his approach to 18 however he was fixed by a full ball outside off stump and edged Rahat Ali to 'guardian Sarfraz Ahmed.
Gary Ballance then made a watchful 23 preceding he slashed a lifting ball from Rahat on to his stumps.
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