England batsman Joe Root continued to rewrite record books, becoming the English player with the most fifties in Test cricket following a match-winning effort against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Manchester

The veteran scored an unbeaten 62 in 128 balls which was laced with 2 fours against Sri Lanka

Root has scored 64 fifties for England, the most by a batter from his team and overall third-highest. He is just behind Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies (66 fifties) and Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar (68 fifties) in the list of most Test half-centuries

With this 62-run knock against Sri Lanka, Joe Root registered his eighth fifty-plus score at Manchester. This marked him as a player with the most number of half-centuries at this venue in the longest format of the game

So far, Joe Root has featured in 144 Test matches in which he has 12,131 runs including 21 centuries and 64 half-centuries. His best score in the format is 254 runs