Pakistan, Jan. 27 -- Sri Lanka's five-year unbeaten home series ODI run faces its stiffest test on Tuesday, with England levelling the series 1-1 and Joe Root again the key obstacle.

Root has been England's sheet anchor, posting half-centuries in both matches, with his back-to-the-wall 75 in Saturday's second ODI laying the foundation for a five-wicket victory.

"Joe's unbelievable, the way he batted the other night showed his class in these conditions when the pitch is turning," England spinner Liam Dawson told reporters in Colombo on Monday.

"To be that successful and dominate world cricket for the number of years he's played is phenomenal. He's obviously going to go down as one of the greats of the game."

Root has taken the old-scho...