Durban , December 30 : England batsman Joe Root has equaled Virender Sehwag’s record of most number of fifty plus score in a single season. Five years ago Sehwag manged 13 scores of 50 or more to get past the legendary West Indian Viv Richards and now Root has achieved this unique feat. Root has been in in sublime form through out the year and has been England’s mainstay in the batting line up. He has made 1372 runs at an average of 62.36 in 2015 surpassing Alastair Cook as England top run scorer this year. Among England
batsman only Michael Vaughan (1481runs,2002) and Dennis Amiss(1379runs,1974) have scored more runs in a calendar year.
Sehwag had five hundreds to Roots three so. Root finished day three on 60 alongside James Taylor on 24 not out as England took a leathy lead of 261 with more to come.The English bowlers did a brilliant job to to dismiss the mighty South Africa for a paltry 214 but it was root who turned it around to something special. The 24 years has scored 3020 runs in 35 test appearances with an brilliant average of 54.90.
At a time Root was careless while choosing his shots and that led to his downfall but this time he was more selective with his strokes as he played fluid drives all around the ground.