Joe Root broke England’s Take a look at runs file with an excellent unbeaten 176 within the first Take a look at in opposition to Pakistan, passing fellow former captain Sir Alastair Cook dinner.
Right here, we evaluate the 2 and take a better have a look at Root’s numbers.
Root vs Cook dinner
Root’s innings took him to 12,578 runs in 147 Assessments, over 100 away from Cook dinner’s earlier file of 12,472.
The Yorkshireman averages 51.34 for his 268 innings. Ought to he be dismissed on day 4 in Multan, that mark would come down barely however stay over 50.
His 35 centuries are additionally an England file, backed by 64 half-centuries for a complete of 99 scores over 50. His prime rating of 254 got here in opposition to Pakistan at Previous Trafford in 2016, considered one of 5 double tons with a sixth doubtlessly within the offing on Thursday.
Cook dinner performed 161 Assessments and batted 291 occasions, averaging 45.35. He scored 33 centuries and 57 fifties, with a better of 294 in opposition to India in 2011.
Root ranks first and Cook dinner second for England in runs, centuries and scores of 50-plus, with Root second to Cook dinner in innings. They’re England’s third and fourth most-capped gamers behind long-time seam partnership James Anderson and Stuart Broad.
Root’s file
Root has handed Cook dinner for fifth place on the all-time checklist of Take a look at run-scorers, having climbed from the ultimate spot in a congested prime 10 throughout July’s collection in opposition to the West Indies.
He handed Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene within the first innings at Trent Bridge, then West Indians Shivnarine Chanderpaul together with his second-innings century and Brian Lara when he made 87 at Edgbaston.
He ticked off Jayawardene’s long-time team-mate Kumar Sangakkara within the third Take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka, then Cook dinner in Multan with an on-drive shortly earlier than lunch.
The subsequent three names on the checklist are between 700 and 800 runs forward of Root, with India’s Rahul Dravid and South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis making 13,288 and 13,289 respectively and former Australia captain Ricky Ponting 13,378.
That raised the prospect of Root transferring second as quickly as subsequent yr, which would depart solely India’s Sachin Tendulkar forward of him with 15,921.
Root has extra runs in opposition to India than another opposition, 2,846 in 30 Assessments. Subsequent are Australia, in opposition to whom he has 2,428 in 34 video games, whereas his finest common is in opposition to Sri Lanka at 62.54.
Root’s affect could be seen when filtering his batting common by match consequence. He averages over 25 runs extra in England wins than defeats – 63.18 to 34.90, with the results of the continuing Take a look at to be decided. His strike price can be over 14 runs greater in wins than losses.
Extra Statistics
He scored 1,708 runs in 2021, the very best annual complete of his profession and considered one of 5 occasions he has handed 1,000, whereas his finest common for a single yr was 97.13 throughout 11 innings in 2014 – passing 50 in six of these and 100 on three events.
He averaged 52.80 previous to taking the captaincy in July 2017, dipped to 46.45 as skipper and has greater than recovered his prior degree since standing down in March 2022 – his common in that part at present stands at 61.11, previous to a possible dismissal in his ongoing innings.
The affect of England’s new model underneath Ben Stokes, Root’s successor as captain, and coach Brendon McCullum can be obvious. Root’s strike price was 54.65 earlier than standing down and has elevated to 67.11 since, whereas he hit solely 15 sixes in 5 years previous to taking the captaincy, 10 in 5 years as skipper after which 19 since – with 15 in 2023 alone.
Having often been requested to maneuver up and down the batting order throughout his profession, Root has settled at quantity 4 the place he has performed 153 of his 268 Take a look at innings, averaging 52.74. His solely higher common by place is at quantity 5, with a massively spectacular 67.26 in 35 innings.
He has over 1,000 runs at Lord’s, and his finest common with a minimal of 4 innings at one venue is 77.33 at Galle.
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