Brook rose to the top following a magnificent innings of 158 in the first innings of the second Test against India in Birmingham, with Root dropping back to second spot on the latest rankings and some 18 rating points behind his more junior teammate, as per the ICC official website.
They now sit just behind the formidable West Indies side of 1984, who notched up 11 straight victories, and Australia's unparalleled record of 16 consecutive wins, achieved on two separate occasions. What makes this streak even more impressive is that six of South Africa's ten victories have
South Africa stand-in captain Wiaan Mulder explained the reason behind his decision not to pursue West Indies legend Brian Lara's elusive 400 record on Day 2 of the second Test against Zimbabwe on Monday.
South Africa's surprising declaration left Wiaan Mulder 34 runs short of breaking legendary Brian Lara's elusive 400-run feat in his captaincy debut during the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe away from home in Bulawayo on Monday.
Wiaan Mulder produced a world-record knock against Zimbabwe, hitting the highest-ever score in the first-ever innings as the Test captain and scoring the fastest-ever 250 (in terms of balls) by a Proteas player.
South Africa's Wiaan Mulder produced a historic knock on his Test captaincy debut, scoring an unbeaten 264, the highest score ever by a player leading their country for the first time in Test cricket. His innings also broke the South African record for most runs scored by a batter in a singl
He will return home for further assessment to determine the extent of the injury. Senuran Muthusamy has been named as Maharaj's replacement, while all-rounder Wiaan Mulder will lead the side in the second Test, which begins on 6 July.
Lhuan became the youngest South African batter to ever score a century in Tests at the age of 19 years and 93 days, while debutants Dewald Brevis, pacer Codi Yusuf, and bowling all-rounder Corbin Bosch also delivered notable contributions in the 328-run win over Zimbabwe.
Sean Williams etched his name in the history book after hammering his sixth Test hundred on the second day of the opening Test against South Africa on Sunday at Queens Sports Club.
Wiaan Mulder, South African all-rounder, said that the Proteas' approach removed his fear of failing in the second innings of the World Test Championship Final against Australia at Lord's in London on Friday.
At the end of day three, SA was 213/2, with Markram (102*) and Bavuma (65*) unbeaten. They need 69 runs to win in their run-chase of 282 runs. This is the first-ever century by a Proteas player in an ICC tournament final.