Multan: Joe Root continued from where he left on Day 3 of the first Test against Pakistan, completing a magnificent double century in the morning session of the fourth day. Resuming the day on 176, Root took no time to reach his sixth double century and surpass Alastair Cook in the list of most double hundreds for England.
A commendable effort from Joe Root, who brings up his sixth Test double ton 🏏#PAKvENG | #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/bKA1Htup8D
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 10, 2024
The prolific batter is now only behind Wally Hammond’s tally of seven double centuries.
Most double hundreds for England
7 – Wally Hammond
6 – Joe Root*
5 – Alastair Cook
4 – Leonard Hutton
3 – Kevin Pietersen
In the process, Root also became the first Englishman to complete 20000 runs in international cricket. He is the fourth fastest to reach the milestone behind Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, achieving the landmark in his 458 international innings.
Joe Root becomes the first Englishman to score 20,000 international runs 🔥
The records keep on coming! pic.twitter.com/pDdg2cYLPk
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 10, 2024
Joe Root 🫡 pic.twitter.com/0BACv1b0Yi
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 10, 2024
England resumed the day on 492/3 in 101.0 overs and continued to pile misery on Pakistani bowlers, taking little time to surpass their first-innings total of 556.
Root, on Wednesday, became England’s all-time leading run-getter overtaking Alastair Cook before slamming his 35th century in Test cricket.
By doing so, Root surpassed legends such as Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene, and Younis Khan on the list of most Test centuries.
Root was given a reprieve on 192 as Babar Azam dropped a sitter at mid-wicket off the bowling of Naseem Shah. The Pakistani fans were left in disbelief after the missed opportunity to get the most dangerous batter in the opposition team back in the pavillion.
Joe Root is the fourth fastest to reach the 20000-run milestone behind Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
