Joe Root etcted his name in record books on Trent Bridge on Thursday and became only the fifth body in the test history of the cricket to exceed 13,000 runs. Root reached a milestone during the third day of 1st day. In the four-day test of England against Zimbabwe-Jichich the first trip in the summer.
Root, which needs 28 runs to reach the landmark, has completed performance by selecting one of the first delivery of 80. Via Bowled Victor Nyauchi. The crowd at Trent Bridge applauded when Root calmly picked up a bat – a well -known gesture in a career full of milestones.
England vs Zimbabwe One -time test day 1: Update from Trent Bridge
Root joined the Elite 13,000-Run Club with Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting and Rahul Dravid, but took the most shifts to reach the milestone and get there in his 279th place.
The slowest on 13,000 test runs (shifts)
- Sachin Tendulkar – 266 shifts
- Jacques Kallis – 269 shifts
- Ricky ponting – 275 shifts
- Rahul Dravid – 277 shifts
- Joe Root – 279 shifts
Root, however, also became the fastest batter of 13,000 runs in terms of matches, reached the brand in just 153 tests – faster than Kallis (159), David (160), Ponting (162) and Tendulkar (163).
Fastest up to 13,000 test runs (matches)
- Joe Root – 153*
- Jacques Kallis – 159
- Rahul Dravid – 160
- Ricky ponting – 162
- Sachin Tendulkar – 163
With this milestone, Joe Root became the first English body to score 13,000 runs in the test cricket. He made his debut against India in Nagpur on December 13, 2012, and has since built one of the most constructive and successful careers in a modern game.
Root scored more than 2,000 runs every Australia and India. It also has more than 1,000 test runs against South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Western India and shows its ability to perform in all conditions.
He scored over 30 test centuries and averages above 49. Regardless of where he detonated, Root remained one of the most reliable artists in England.
Now he is fifth in the list of all leading cross -country centers in the test cricket. Only Sachin Tendulkar (15 921), Ricky Ponting (13 378), Jacques Kallis (13 289) and Rahul Dravid (13 288) have more runs than him.
At the beginning of the day, the English opener Ben Duckett Bridge with a brilliant century on his domestic country illuminated. He broke 140 from just 134 balls before he was caught on the cover of Ben Curran of Wessly Madhevere Bowling. Duckett and Zak Crawley gave England the beginning of flying and 231 appeared on the first goal.
Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
May 22, 2025
