Joe Root and Harry Brook created new history, broke 67 old records
Harry Brook, and Joe Root Record Partnership: In the first Test being played against Pakistan in Multan, England’s batsmen took a tough dig at the Pakistani bowlers. Especially Joe Root and Harry Brook turned the entire match upside down. Both of them together scored so many runs that the Pakistani bowlers were badly defeated. While Joe Root completed his double century, Harry Brook has scored a triple century. Meanwhile, these two batsmen together did something which no one had done for England before. This is the biggest partnership for any wicket in Test cricket for England.
Joe Root and Harry Brook made a partnership of 454 runs
The maximum for England for any wicket in Test cricket is 454 runs. Both of them batted brilliantly against Pakistan. While on one hand Joe Root was scoring runs in his own style i.e. in a calm manner, on the other hand Harry Brook was scoring runs in a stormy manner. If we talk about this earlier, in the year 1957, Colin Cowdrey and Peter May of England had made a partnership of 411 runs. From then till now no one has been able to break this record. These are the only two partnerships for England in Tests which have scored more than 400 runs. If seen in this way, Harry Brook and Joe Root have done the work of destroying the old record of 67.
Brook and Root’s names recorded in history book
In the year 2016, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes together made a partnership of 399 runs against South Africa in Cape Town, although they missed completing 400 runs by one run, while Leonard Hutton and Maurice Leyland together made 392 runs in the year 1938. Had participation. Now, it is difficult to say how many years later the work done by Joe Root and Harry Brook will be broken. Yes, it is true that the names of both of them have now been recorded in the history book.
Harry Brook scored the second fastest triple century
Talking about the batting of Joe Root and Harry Brook, Root played a brilliant innings of 262 runs on 375 balls. He hit 17 fours during his innings, but not a single six. Whereas Harry Brook has scored a triple century in just 310 balls. This is the fastest triple century in Test cricket after Virender Sehwag. At the same time, he has become the fastest batsman to score a triple century for England.
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