LONDON (Reuters) - England captain Joe Root frustrated India's bowlers on Saturday morning as he smashed his third successive 50-plus score of the series to guide the hosts to 216-3 by lunch on day three of the second test at Lord's.

Root and Jonny Bairstow dominated the first session of the day with a 108-run fourth-wicket stand and were looking keen to continue the good work after the break.

Root, who scored 64 and 109 in the drawn series opener in Nottingham, was batting on 89 at the break, having hit nine boundaries in his patient knock.