"The bowling has been good since the start of the tournament. When things went bad at the top end, we were planning how we can get to 240 or 250 and back our bowling to defend it. Looking at the start from where we were, 213 is a good score. We would always back our bowling to defend it."
A half-century partnership between openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja helped Australia extend their lead beyond 150 runs at the end of the second session on Day 3 of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Friday.
Buttler has been associated with RR since 2018. he has been a crucial player for his team, scoring 2696 runs with an average of 42.13. He has bagged five centuries and 18 half-centuries in 71 matches. He has a strike rate of 148.79 and played the highest knock of 124.
Raza achieved this feat during a match against Oman in the Super Sixes game of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers here at the Queens Sports Club on Thursday.
In 132 Tests, Root has scored 11,178 runs at an average of 50.57. He has scored 30 centuries and 58 half-centuries in the format, with the best score of 254.
Following his side's win over Oman in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, Zimbabwe skipper Craig Ervine said 280-290 runs looked really good on the pitch when they came to bat and lauded centurion Sean Williams for helping the team get some more extra runs.
Following his side's 14-run loss to Zimbabwe in their ICC Cricket World Cup qualifiers match, Oman skipper Zeeshan Maqsood said that his side gave away 30-40 runs extra and in the second half while chasing, they lost too many wickets.
He accomplished this feat in his side's Ashes second Test against England at Lord's. Smith continued with his rich run of form in English territory, scoring his 32nd Test hundred. He played a knock of 110 runs in 184 balls, which consisted of 15 boundaries.