Joe Root has overtaken Sir Alastair Prepare dinner to grow to be England’s highest Take a look at run-scorer of all time.
Root eclipsed Prepare dinner’s tally of 12,472 Take a look at runs when he hit a chic straight drive again previous Aamer Jamal to succeed in 71 in opposition to Pakistan on day three of the primary Take a look at in Multan.
The 33-year-old, who’s taking part in in his 147th Take a look at, has achieved it in 14 Assessments fewer than Prepare dinner, and now sits fifth on the all-time checklist.
He made his Take a look at debut in opposition to India in Nagpur in 2012 and since then has hit 34 Take a look at centuries, with a high rating of 254 in opposition to Pakistan.
Sheffield-born Root, who captained England in a report 64 Assessments, is now solely behind India’s Rahul Dravid, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, Australia’s Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar, additionally of India.
The legendary Tendulkar, who performed in 200 Assessments, tops the checklist with 15,921 runs, however Root might eclipse that mark if he continues in the identical vein of kind over the following few years.
The Yorkshire right-hander is in a number of the greatest type of his profession – averaging 61 because the starting of 2023.
