The entire Lord’s on Friday turned red during the ongoing third Test between India and England for a special cause in an heartfelt tribute to the Ruth Strauss Foundation. In its seventh year, the annual #RedForRuth day has become a significant tradition in English summer calendar where players, broadcasters, staff and spectators don red in the memory of former England captain Sir Andrew Strauss’ late wife Ruth.

The initiative aims at supporting families who are grappling with terminal illness of a parent and transforming grief into a powerful community support. A special ceremony was also held just before the start of the first ball on the day. The players wore red caps and also had the letters in their jerseys in red colour.

In fact, volunteers at the ground were also seen selling #RedForRuth bucket hats and handed out Ruth Roses in exchange for donations. With the countinuous support for seven years, the Ruth Strauss Foundation has been able to aim to over 3,500 family members and trained more than 1,000 cancer care professionals.

Joe Root goes past Rahul Dravid, Steve Smith

Meanwhile, starting the day on 99, Joe Root reached his 37th Test hundred on the very first ball of the day and went past former India captain Rahul Dravid and Australia Steve Smith, both having 36 Test tons. However Bumrah had last laugh getting the former England skipper bowled for 104 off 199 balls with 10 boundaries to his credit.

Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar leads the list of century makers in traditional format with 51 hundreds, followed by Jacques Kallis (45), Ricky Ponting (41) and Kumar Sangakkara (38).

Root also joined Australian batter Smith as the batter with most hundreds against India in Test cricket — 11 tons apiece. West Indian legends Sir Gary Sobers, Viv Richards and former Australian captain Ponting trail duo with eight hundreds against their name.