Joe Root is now seventh on the all-time Test run-scorers list after passing 12,000 runs on day two at Edgbaston.
Joe Root's status as one of England's all-time greats has long been assured. And on his way to 87 on day two of the third Test against West Indies at Edgbaston, Root underlined why he is well on his way to cementing his place as one of the all-time great Test batters from any nation, too.
It was Gudakesh Motie who eventually dislodged Root by trapping him lbw, to go with bowling him at Lord's, and former Australia international Mel Jones was in no doubt it needed something special to get out a player who still seems to be in his prime as a batter. 'I think back, particularly as an Aussie looking at his career and all the criticisms of him, it's as if he's found a way to consistently remould himself,' Jones told Sky Sports.
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