Star England batter Joe Root ended the third day of first Test against Pakistan at Multan just seven runs short of becoming the first player from his country to reach the 20,000-run mark in international cricket
Former cricketer Michael Atherton heaped praise on Joe Root for becoming England's leading run-getter in Tests and called the 33-year-old an "absolute champion".
As Joe Root became England's leading run-getter in Test cricket, the Three Lions skipper Ben Stokes on Wednesday said that it's going to take a long time for someone to break that record.
Star England batter Joe Root on Wednesday achieved a remarkable feat as he went past Alastair Cook to become the leading run-getter for the Three Lions in Test cricket.
The Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia will begin on November 22, with the first Test at Perth. Smith is the ninth-highest run-getter in the series. In 18 matches and 35 innings, he has scored 1,887 runs at an average of 65.06, with eight centuries and five fifties. His best
Root (11,940 runs) moved up to eighth place on the list of leading run-scorers in Test cricket when he scored his 32nd Test century against the West Indies in Nottingham over the weekend and Vaughan thinks the 33-year-old can continue to reach even greater heights, as per the ICC.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Sunday achieved an elusive feat and leapfrogged former Australia skipper Meg Lanning to become the second-highest run-getter in women's T20Is.
In 125 T20I matches, Virat scored 4,188 runs at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04. He scored a century and 38 fifties and a best score of 122*. He ends the format as the second-highest run-getter of all time.