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England skipper Joe Root struck a century in his 100th Test Friday to join an elite list of batsmen in world cricket. The following have achieved the feat: Colin Cowdrey (ENG) v Australia in Birmingham, 1968 Javed Miandad (PAK) v India in Lahore, 1989 Gordon Greenidge (WIS) v England in St. John's (Antigua), 1990 Alec Stewart (ENG) v West Indies in Manchester, 2000 Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) v India in Bangalore, 2005 Ricky Ponting (AUS - 2 X 100s) v South Africa in Sydney, 2006 Graeme Smith (RSA) v England at The Oval (London), 2012 Hashim Amla (RSA) v Sri Lanka in Johannesburg, 2017 Joe Root (ENG) v India in Chennai, 2021 afp
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2021-02-05
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