WELLINGTON, New Zealand, March 1: A century by Joe Root lifted England to 309 for six in its World Cup Pool A match against Sri Lanka, with some big hitting near the end helping to make amends for the slow progress during the middle stages of the innings. Root´s 121 came off 108 balls and included 14 fours and two sixes. As he began hitting out late in the innings, he improvised with shots like the reverse sweep, which he managed to collect one six from before getting out to another attempt, lbw to Rangana Herath (1-35). England got off to a flying start in Wellington on Sunday thanks to some good early hitting by Ian Bell (49) lifting it to 45 off six overs.
But when Sri Lanka brought on its slower bowlers, England lost momentum, managing to score just 83 runs off the 20 overs that followed the first 10. After Moeen Ali (15) and Gary Ballance (6) fell, England appeared eager to not suffer another calamitous batting collapse as it had in its last matchup in Wellington, when it managed just 123 against New Zealand.
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