Multan: Joe Root and Harry Brook continued their domination over Pakistan bowlers in the opening Test at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Root (259*) and Brook (218*) began from where they left on Day 3 to carry on the demolition job in ruthless fashion on the fourth day.
Resuming the day on 492 for 3, England smashed 166 runs in the morning session off just 29 overs to race past Pakistan’s first-innings total of 556. At Lunch on Day 4, England raced to a 102-run lead after reaching 658/3 in 130 overs.
Both Root and Brook completed their double centuries during a record unbeaten 414-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
Both batters broke a plethora of records on a pitch that refuses to crumble and continues to be a graveyard for the bowlers.
Let’s take a look at the records Root, Brook and England have set/broken in Multan so far.
Highest partnership for England vs Pakistan
414* – Joe Root & Harry Brook, Multan, 2024*
359 – Jos Buttler & Zak Crawley, Southampton, 2020
332 – Stuart Broad & Jonathan Trott, Lord’s, 2010
Highest partnership for England in Tests
414* – Joe Root & Harry Brook vs PAK, Multan, 2024*
411 – Colin Cowdrey & Peter May vs WI, Birmingham, 1957
399 – Jonny Bairstow & Ben Stokes vs SA, Cape Town, 2016
392 – Leonard Hutton & Maurice Layland vs AUS, The Oval, 1938
Highest team totals for England vs Pakistan in Tests
658/3* – Multan, 2024
657 – Rawalpindi, 2022
598/9d – Abu Dhabi, 2015
589/8d – Manchester, 2016
Pair with multiple 300-plus stands away from home
Don Bradman & Will Ponsford (AUS)
Hashim Amla & Jacques Kallis (SA)
Joe Root & Harry Brook (ENG)
Test double centuries in most countries
6 – Kumar Sangakkara
6 – Younis Khan
5 – Brian Lara
5 – Joe Root*
Most double hundreds for England
7 – Wally Hammond
6 – Joe Root*
5 – Alastair Cook
4 – Leonard Hutton
3 – Kevin Pietersen
Root continues his marauding run
Root, who on Wednesday, became England’s all-time leading run-scorer in Tests overtaking Alastair Cook and surpassed icons such as Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene, and Younis Khan on the list of most Test centuries, continued his record-breaking run on Day 4.
The prolific batter became the first English cricketer to complete 20000 runs in international cricket in his 458th innings, becoming the fourth fastest to reach the landmark behind Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.
Brook’s love affair with Pakistan continues
Meanwhile, Brook continued his love affair with Pakistan after smashing his fourth successive century against the Asian giants. He now has 1 double century and three centuries in four Tests against Pakistan. On the previous Pakistan tour in 2022, Brook hit centuries in all three Tests.
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