Sentence examples for root hit from inspiring English sources

Root hit 104 not out on Tuesday as England warmed up for Friday's first of three one-day internationals, their first since the dismal Ashes tour.

Ballance, 25, converted his overnight 44 into a fourth century in only nine Tests, while Root hit 59 and Jos Buttler an unbeaten 59 off 56 balls to allow Cook to declare on 333-7.

In frustration, Root hit the ground with his bat and threw his helmet when across the boundary edge, while the visitors were left short of a lead that would pressure West Indies.

However, captain Andrew Gale scored 30 off 23 balls, Root hit 65 off 40 deliveries, Miller only needed 25 balls to reach a half-century and Ballance hit five sixes in his 20-ball innings of 46.

Root hit 118 not out, his sixth Test century, as the tourists reached 373-6 in their first innings, leading West Indies by 74 with two days to go.

The underlying story of Who Do You Think You Are? – the first of the American series of Wall to Wall's blood-and-roots hit – was of the slow convergence between Sarah Jessica Parker's noisy incredulity and a revelation that actually seemed worthy of it.

Root, 24, hit back at Warner's claims by posting two tweets in response to the comments that had circulated on Saturday.

Root, who hit seven fours and two sixes, is the first England player to pass 30 in his first six ODI innings.

Root, 24, hit an unbeaten 118 on day three of the second Test against West Indies in Grenada and is tipped as a future skipper of the national side.

When root rot hit a crop of Del Monte's sweet corn in Texas, plant pathologist Roger Schmitt didn't wait for a sample — he hopped on a plane to see for himself.

Woods's cause was not helped when he injured his hand on the ninth, appearing to strike a hidden tree root when hitting the ball out of the pines, but he recovered to sink an eagle on the 13th, prompting a huge cheer from the galleries.