Root and Brook show their class as rain results in draws

Class: Joe Root scored a century for Yorkshire PICTURE: Alamy YORKSHIRE V DERBYSHIREAT HEADINGLEY It was a tale of runs and rain at Headingley as Yorkshire and Derbyshire played out a high-scoring draw. There were tons for England pair Joe Root and Harry Brook in Yorkshire’s first innings as the White Rose declared on 450-5, with ex England man Adam Lyth scoring 97. Root (119) and Brook (126) added 201 for the fourth wicket with the Derbyshire bowlers being put to the sword by a Test-quality pairing for the second game in a row after Aussies Peter Handscomb and Marcus Har...

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