Joe Root became England’s biggest player
Joe Root New Record: Joe Root is currently scoring runs in almost every match. When he scores runs, it is not a big deal, when he does not score runs, it definitely becomes a topic of discussion. Meanwhile, in the Test series being played against Pakistan, Joe Root’s bat once again played and played well. During this time, Joe Root has become England’s greatest Test cricketer. He has broken not just one but two records of his own countryman Alastair Cook.
Joe Root overtakes Alastair Cook
Joe Root has now become the highest run-scorer for England in Test cricket. Till now this record was in the name of Alistair Cook. Now Joe Root has reached number one. Alastair Cook played 161 matches and 291 innings in Test cricket and scored 12472 runs for his team. During this period, his average has been 45.35 and he has been batting at a strike rate of 46.95. Alastair Cook has scored 33 centuries and 57 half-centuries during his career. In the year 2018 itself, Alastair Cook had announced his retirement.
Joe Root’s test statistics
Now if we talk about Joe Root, till now he has scored more than 12473 runs in 268 innings of 147 test matches. This sequence is still continuing. Joe Root has scored at an average of 50.84 and strike rate of 56.95. So far he has scored 34 centuries and 65 half-centuries for his team. It is clear that Joe Root is ahead of Alastair Cook in every aspect. While Cook has retired, Root is still playing and it is expected that he will continue playing for three to four more years, which means he can go far ahead of Cook.
Made this record against Pakistan also
Not only this, it is a matter of runs where Root has become the leader. If we talk about Pakistan vs England matches, whenever there has been a match between these two teams, Alastair Cook has scored more than 50 16 times, while Joe Root has done this feat 17 times so far. . That means here too Root has gone ahead of Alastair Cook. The special thing is that even after breaking this record of Cook, Joe Root is also playing, so it should not be a surprise if he makes some more records in this match.
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