Billy Root claimed a bit of household bragging rights over older brother and England Test captain Joe Root on Sunday when the pair got here head to head within the County Championship.
Glamorgan’s left-handed batsman Billy, aged 28 and virtually two years Joe’s junior, adopted up his first innings 43 with an unbeaten 110 within the Group 3 match towards Yorkshire at Headingley.
Glamorgan batsman Billy Root offers @BBCSportWales his response to scoring a century within the drawn match towards his native Yorkshire, with brother Joe bowling as he reached three figures pic.twitter.com/NXiqFC3VTg
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Starting with an in a single day rating of 77, Billy accomplished his sixth first-class hundred with a double labored off Joe’s off-spin.He earned a well-deserved fist bump and a pat on the again from his huge brother as Glamorgan set Yorkshire 379 to win an hour into day 4.
In response, Yorkshire have been rocked by three early wickets, with Joe falling for 13 shortly after lunch.
But Adam Lyth and Harry Brook added 131 in a stable fourth-wicket partnership to halt Glamorgan’s cost and earn Yorkshire a hard-fought draw.
