Joe Root hits century as England make 322-7 at Lord’sDevine intervention earns NZ women win over EnglandEmail Tim or tweet @TimDeLisle with your thoughts 2.52pm BST 50th over: England 322-7 (Root 113, Willey out for 50) Willey, won’t he have time for a fifty? He will. Some hard running brings David Willey, son of Peter, his first half-century in his 41st one-day international, off only 31 balls. My guess is that he may well turn out to be a better batter than bowler. Willey is run out off the last ball, but what matters is that he and Root piled up 83 off only 52 balls, and England got close to the 330 that they had been eyeing before the mid-innings slump. What also matters, very much with a five-Test series coming up, is that Root is right back in form. No wonder the cameras find Ed Smith laughing his head off. But the last laugh may yet belong to Virat Kohli, who will feel his classy strokemakers can chase this total down. 2.44pm BST 49th over: England 314-6 (Root 110, Willey 45) Umesh manages not to get clattered, but he does bowl a no-ball, and then a run-out chance goes begging. India in a bit of disarray. “The man in the red headband,” says John Starbuck (44th over), “is probably Willie Nelson.” True. Continue reading…
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