The second match of the ongoing Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) is being played at the historic Lord’s ground in London. Today, on Saturday, 31 August, on the third day of the game, former England cricket team captain Joe Root batted brilliantly and scored the 34th century of his Test career.

With this century, Joe Root has reached the first position in terms of scoring the most centuries for England. Let us tell you that Root scored the 34th century of his Test career by playing a brilliant innings of 103 runs against Sri Lanka. This is Root’s 7th century at Lord’s ground.

On the other hand, when Root went to the dressing room after scoring a century, he was seen getting emotional after meeting his father. Also, as soon as Root met his father, its photos went viral on social media very fast, and fans were seen reacting fiercely to it.

See this viral photo of Joe Root meeting his father

A proud father ❤️

Joe Root embraces his Dad after walking off at Lord’s as England’s top century-maker pic.twitter.com/68Aw6pFh4L

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 31, 2024

Sri Lanka needs to score 483 runs to win the match

On the other hand, if we tell you the status of this match, England lost all its wickets for 251 runs in the second innings of the second test match against Sri Lanka. Apart from this, England has taken a lead of 231 runs in the first innings against Sri Lanka. With this lead and the runs scored in the second innings, England has set a target of 483 runs for Sri Lanka to win.

Joe Root scored a century for England in the second innings of the ongoing Test match, before this he had scored a century of 143 runs in the first innings. At the time of writing this news, Sri Lanka has scored 43 runs at the loss of 2 wickets after 14 overs in the second innings, and it is still behind by 440 runs.