With an unprecedented effort from Root, England won the match by 5 wickets and went past the three-match series by one.
Joe Root He reached the elite club of 10,000 runs with a sensational century in the fourth innings of the Lord’s Test against New Zealand.
With an unprecedented effort from Root, England won the match by 5 wickets and went past the three-match series by one. Root became only the 14th player in the history of Test cricket to achieve this feat.
He became the joint youngest player to reach the landmark with Cook at 31 years and 157 days.
List of players who have reached the 10,000-run landmark
After delivering another victory for England, he along with all his teammates welcomed a hero and congratulated him for the tremendous achievement.
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Over the years, Root has established himself as a well-known player for England in the Test team. Amidst all the defeats, downfalls, changes, one thing remained constant – the runs kept coming for Root.
He was, is and will always be the calm in the chaos for this English Test team. He’s the glue that holds the lineup together, and without him, the side risks losing its soul.
He may have stepped down as captain, but by numbers he is the greatest Test captain England has ever had. He has led the team in 64 Test matches and has won 27 of them. As a batsman, Root scored 5295 runs in 118 innings with 14 centuries and 26 fifties.
Well, these statistics are certainly impressive. But wait till you see his record in 2021. Root scored 1708 runs in 15 matches. Hit 6 tons, 4 fifties with the highest score of 228. He was the highest run-scorer in 2021 and was also named the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year.
Fair to say, he is in a league of his own. The Lord’s Test vs New Zealand was just another example that proved the worth with Joe in the English Test team.
After all, he was, and always will be, calm in the chaos for England.