Former England Captain Joe Root reached the major milestone of 10,000 runs in Test cricket during the fourth day of the first Test between England and New Zealand in London.
Joe Root etched himself in the record books on a gloomy afternoon at Lord’s this Sunday (June 5), as he flicked Tim Southee for a pair of runs to become Test cricket’s latest batter to reach the milestone of 10,000 runs. He became only the second England player after Alastair Cook to do so and also the 14th player overall. Root also reached the 26th hundred of his Test career on his way to this major milestone.
Root has entered the esteemed club in just 118 Test matches under his belt, averaging a highly impressive 49.50 with a best of 254.
Above Root in the list of 10,000 run holders are some of the game’s greatest ever batters. The legendary Sachin Tendulkar leads the pack with 15,921 runs.
Following Tendulkar in the list are Ricky Ponting (13,378), Jacques Kallis (13,289), Rahul Dravid (13,288), Alastair Cook (12,472), Kumar Sangakkara (12,400), Brian Lara (11,953), Shivnarine Chandrapaul (11,867), Mahela Jawardene (11,814), Allan Border (11,174), Steve Waugh (10,927), Sunil Gavaskar (10,122), Younis Khan (10,099) and now Root.
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Root has been enjoying a real purple patch with his game at a time when most prominent names in contemporary Test cricket have fallen off with their games and performances, feeling the heat of a relentless bowling era.
Joe Root has a classy hundred, his first in the fourth innings of a Test, and in doing so moves to 10,000 Test runs.
Incredibly he and Alastair Cook – the only other Englishman to do so – both got there aged 31 years and 157 days. They’re the joint youngest of the 14 to make it.
— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp) June 5, 2022
Since the start of 2021, the elegant right-hander averages an eye-catching 56.20 over the last 41 Test innings with 13 scores of fifty and above.
The match-winning century in the final innings at Lord’s against New Zealand was Root’s ninth since the start of last year.
With England chasing a difficult target of 277, Joe Root’s freeflowing 115 not out off 170 balls almost singlehandedly guided his team to a morale-boosting win at the start of the home summer after a disastrous winter in Tests.
