England's talisman Joe Root was dismissed in a unique fashion on Day 4 of the first Ashes Test match at the Edgbaston Cricket Stadium in Birmingham.
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Nathan Lyon outfoxes Root
Root was dismissed by Nathan Lyon after he was outfoxed by the spin and stumped by Alex Carey. This was the first time he got stumped in Test cricket.
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Second-most runs before getting stumped
Root scored the second-most career runs in Tests before getting stumped. Overall, he amassed 11,168 runs before departing. Only Shivnarine Chanderpaul has scored more runs than Root in this regard.
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Root's Test brilliance
Courtesy of a century in the first innings, Root has raced to 2,180 runs in 30 Ashes Tests at an average of 48.64. He owns four centuries against Australia in this format along with 16 fifties.
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Root vs Lyon
Lyon has dismissed Root eight times now, the joint-highest by any bowler in this format. Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins have also removed him seven times.