English batsman Joe Root (33) has become the first batsman in the world to complete 5 thousand runs in the World Test Championship (WTC). He achieved this feat by scoring a century in the Multan Test against Pakistan.
Joe Root joined the list of top-5 Test scorers after scoring a century on the third day of the Multan Test on Wednesday. Topping the list is Sachin Tendulkar, who has scored 15 thousand 921 Test runs. Joe Root has now also become the highest run-scoring Test batsman for England.
In the Multan Test, Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings. England's first innings is underway. The score is 320 runs for 3 wickets. If Root's record in Multan Test…
Root has completed his century in the first innings against Pakistan.
1. First batsman to score 5 thousand runs in WTC Joe Root became the first batsman in the world to score 5000 runs in the World Test Championship. He crossed the mark of 5 thousand runs in 107 innings of 59 matches. He has scored 16 centuries and 21 fifties in the tournament.
1. Became England's top scorer, overtaking Cook Joe Root has become the highest run-scoring English batsman in Test cricket. He surpassed former opener Alastair Cook. Cook scored 12472 runs in 161 matches at an average of 45.35.
3. Among the top-5 Test scorers in the world Root has moved to number 5 in the list of world's top batsmen with most runs in Tests. He surpassed former opener Alastair Cook (12472 runs) for his own country. In this list, Sachin Tendulkar (15921 runs) is first, Ricky Ponting (13378 runs) second, Jacques Kallis (13289 runs) third and Rahul Dravid (13288 runs) fourth.
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