So it was that Joe Root cruised to his 13th Test century against a friendly West Indies attack with Alastair Cook dutifully following in his captain’s wake with his 31st hundred. Root and Cook have played long enough not to be apologetic about taking runs from one of the weaker bowling line-ups on the Test circuit. So Devendra Bishoo, the leg-spinner, was omitted and the West Indies opted for four pace bowlers and an occasional off-spinner. So he enhanced his excellent record against the West Indies; he was on his way to his fourteenth half-century against them in 31 knocks. West Indies had been overly dependent on Roach as Alzarri Joseph offered too many easy runs.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2017 20:48 UTC