Joe Root has overtaken Sir Alastair Prepare dinner as England’s main Take a look at match run-scorer of all time.
The 33-year-old moved previous Prepare dinner’s haul of 12,472 throughout day three of the primary Take a look at towards Pakistan in Multan with a boundary to achieve 71no from 111 deliveries, having begun the morning 38 runs behind his former team-mate’s tally.
Root eclipsed Prepare dinner’s document of 33 Take a look at centuries for England this summer time when he scored two tons of towards Sri Lanka at Lord’s.
The Yorkshireman is now the fifth-highest run-scorer in all Take a look at cricket, behind Sachin Tendulkar (15,921), Ricky Ponting (13,378), Jacques Kallis (13,289) and Rahul Dravid (13,288).
Root made his Take a look at debut towards India in Nagpur in December 2012, scoring 73 in his first innings batting within the No 6 place.
He notched the primary of what’s now 34 Take a look at tons towards New Zealand at Headingley the next Might and his first double century versus Sri Lanka at Lord’s in June 2014.
Root’s highest Take a look at match rating is the 254 he struck towards Pakistan at Emirates Previous Trafford in July 2016, one in all 5 occasions he has reached 200 within the format.
“I was so thrilled that he got it with a classic Root-like shot,” stated Sky Sports activities Cricket’s Michael Atherton.
“If you think in your mind’s eye of the best of Root you are thinking back-foot punch, maybe a run down to third man but the way he plays those drives down the ground.
“It was a beautiful shot to get there. What a stunning second.
“Twelve years of excellence. That is exactly what it has been.
“I used to be there in Nagpur, I believed ‘that is going to be one in all our greats’ however you continue to should do it.
“You have to turn potential into performance and it is hard to think of a time when his form has dropped off.
“He has been so constant through the years and he has executed it in a method which is so pleasing.
“He is an absolute champion. He is one of our best players if not the best player we have had.”
