Joe Root inches closer to Sachin Tendulkar`s Test record
Updated On: 25 August, 2024 03:11 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar
England veteran batsman Joe Root is inching closer to surpass Indian great Sachin Tendulkar`s Test record. Here is all you need to know (Pic: File Pic)
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England veteran batsman Joe Root is inching closer to surpass Indian great Sachin Tendulkar`s Test record. Here is all you need to know (Pic: File Pic)
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England batsman Joe Root continued to rewrite record books, becoming the English player with the most fifties in Test cricket following a match-winning effort against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Manchester
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The veteran scored an unbeaten 62 in 128 balls which was laced with 2 fours against Sri Lanka
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Root has scored 64 fifties for England, the most by a batter from his team and overall third-highest. He is just behind Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies (66 fifties) and Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar (68 fifties) in the list of most Test half-centuries
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With this 62-run knock against Sri Lanka, Joe Root registered his eighth fifty-plus score at Manchester. This marked him as a player with the most number of half-centuries at this venue in the longest format of the game
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So far, Joe Root has featured in 144 Test matches in which he has 12,131 runs including 21 centuries and 64 half-centuries. His best score in the format is 254 runs
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