Joe Root puts England on top against Sri Lanka with record-equalling century

Second Test, day one: England 358-7 v Sri LankaRoot makes 143 to join Alastair Cook on 33 Test tonsAfter 12 balls of increasing tension for the expectant crowd, bums fidgeting in seats and all trips to the bar put on hold, Joe Root opened the face of his bat, glided the ball through vacant fourth slip, and punched the air before it had even crossed the rope. Test century number 33 was in the bag and with it, a couple of slices of history too.Root has already returned to No 1 in the Test batting