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    "excerpt": "Hamilton, Dec 2:\u00a0England captain Joe Root on Monday became the first skipper of a visiting team to score a double hundred in Test cricket in New Zealand. On the fourth day of the second and final Tes",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Hamilton, Dec 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;England captain Joe Root on Monday became the first skipper of a visiting team to score a double hundred in Test cricket in New Zealand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On the fourth day of the second and final Test at the Seddon Park, Root played a brilliant knock of 226 against the Black Caps. He reached the 200-run milestone with a risky single with batting partner Ollie Pope slow off the mark and only keeping his wicket when the New Zealand throw at the stumps went wide.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Root apologised to Pope for nearly burning him before taking his helmet off and raising his bat to the crowd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Root eclipsed Chris Gayle&#39;s 197 to register the highest score by a visiting captain in New Zealand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It was Root&#39;s second highest Test score after 254 against Pakistan which came three years ago.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Root had been going through a rough patch prior to this Test in 2019. Before the series against the Black Caps, he had scored only 535 runs in 9 Tests. His only century of the year had come against West Indies in February. This was followed by poor outings in the one-off Test against Ireland and the five-match Ashes series against Australia at home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>New Zealand hold a 1-0 lead in the two-match series after they won the first Test by an innings and 65 runs at the Bay Oval.<\/p>\r\n",
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