Joe Root has the second-highest average (73.43) of all batters with more than 3,000 ODI runs against slow bowling
Another day, another hundred, another Joe Root bat raised towards his cheering team-mates.
Set the stage and more often than not the England legend will take his opportunity to further burnish a record that marks him out as one of the greats of the modern game.
This week he has trod the boards at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, hitting two half-centuries and an unbeaten 111 as England completed a rare one-day international series win.
In doing so, Root reaffirmed his position as one of the greatest non-Asian players in sub-continental conditions.
