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    "excerpt": "Joe Root: England batter Joe Root has gone on par with Steve Smith and Kane Williamson when he hit his 32nd Test century against West Indies on day four of the ongoing second Test at Trent Bridge on Sunday.\n",
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    "editor1": "Joe Root: England batter Joe Root has gone on par with Steve Smith and Kane Williamson when he hit his 32nd Test century against West Indies on day four of the ongoing second Test at Trent Bridge on Sunday.\n<p>Root\u2019s 32nd Test ton came in the 158th ball of his innings during England\u2019s second innings in Nottingham, where he eventually made 122 off 178 balls, laced with ten fours, to help the hosts\u2019 go past 400. It is also his 19th Test century on home soil<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With this, he has now equalled with Australia\u2019s Smith and New Zealand\u2019s Williamson on Test century count, as well as level with former Australia skipper Steve Waugh, who hit 32 tons in the format.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Root\u2019s 32nd Test ton came in the 158th ball of his innings during England\u2019s second innings in Nottingham, where he eventually made 122 off 178 balls, laced with ten fours, to help the hosts\u2019 go past 400. It is also his 19th Test century on home soil<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/wasim-akram-hopes-indian-team-will-travel-to-pakistan-for-2025-champions-trophy-147144\">Akram \u2018hopes\u2019 Indian Team Will Travel To Pakistan For Champions Trophy<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The right-handed batter has also became the eighth-highest run-getter in Test cricket, going past the likes of Mahela Jayawardene (11,814) and West Indies\u2019 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (11,867). Root now has 11,940 Test runs at an average of 49.95, including 32 centuries and 62 fifties.<\/p>\r\n\r\n",
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