Root equals world record of 50+ scores in 12 straight Tests
England captain Joe Root on Friday scored 59 off 98 balls against Windies in the second Test, equalling AB de Villiers' world record of scoring at least one fifty-plus score in 12 consecutive Tests. Root's 12 50-plus scores have come against Bangladesh, India, South Africa and Windies across 10 months, and include three hundreds with a highest score of 190.