Cook and Root prosper under lights in first day-night Test

England stalwarts put on 248 for the third wicket at Edgbaston as West Indies toil

Joe Root
Joe Root bats under floodlights at Edgbaston
(Image credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images)

History was made at Edgbaston on Thursday when England hosted the West Indies in the inaugural day-night Test in England. It's only the fifth Test to be played under lights since Australia and New Zealand met at Adelaide in November 2015, and it suited the English pair of Joe Root and Alastair Cook.

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