England seize day as Root launches captaincy with 184*: Bat through to the close: check. Joe Root stepped into the breach with England in a familiar spot of bother on the first day of the series and produced an equally familiar response to repel South Africa at Lord's. If Root might have preferred his ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews South Africa reaches a … [Read more...] about SA News: England seize day as Root launches captaincy with 184*