Records tumble as Root and Bairstow run riot
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow shattered a host of Yorkshire records in their match against Surrey.
LONDON (AFP) - England stars Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow warmed up for next week s first Test against Sri Lanka in record-breaking style as they shattered a host of Yorkshire records in their triple-century stand against Surrey on Monday.
Root finished the second day of the County Championship fixture unbeaten on 19, while Bairstow scored 198 as the pair put on a fourth-wicket partnership of 372 to help First Division champions Yorkshire reach 486 for five at Headingley.
Having joined forces at 45 for three early in the day s play, it took only 67 overs of blistering stroke-play from Root and Bairstow to etch their names into the Yorkshire record books.
Yorkshire s highest stand against Surrey, George Hirst and Ted Wainwright s 340 at The Oval in 1899, was the first milestone surpassed before they overtook Darren Lehmann and Michael Lumb s 358, the all-time club best for the fourth wicket just 10 years ago.
Eventually all but four of Yorkshire s top partnerships under any category were all surpassed in a dazzling display that must be heartening for England when they return to Headingley to face Sri Lanka next Thursday.
Elsewhere in the Championship, Brett D Oliveira made another piece of history for his famous family as Worcestershire took control against Glamorgan in the Second Division.
D Oliveira hit 202 not out in Worcestershire s total of 456 for six declared as he emulated his father Damien and grandfather Basil.
The D Oliveira trio are now the first grandfather, father and son to score first-class double centuries.
The 24-year-old s impressive innings came just days after he recorded his maiden Championship ton.
