Joe Root He scored an unbeaten 115 to help England chase down 277 in the Lord’s Test against New Zealand and lead 1–0 in the three-match series. England were in trouble at 69/4, but Root, Ben Stokes And ben fox It was fought and in the end, the hosts won by five wickets. During his innings, Root brought the milestone of 10,000 Test runs and is the joint youngest player with Cook to achieve the milestone.
Cook has now said that Root will go miles ahead of his record and he has some high praise for the 31-year-old batsman.
“He is a pleasure to watch, the most complete England batsman I have seen. The man who could have played the most incredible innings was Kevin Pietersen, but for the most complete batsmen in all three forms, this is the root. His consistency is unbelievable,” Cook told the BBC.
“Barring injury, he would go miles ahead of my record. It’s very hard to tie him. I had to grind my way to 30, it always took me like two hours. Because Joe’s got so many low-risk scoring options, Through 360 degrees, he often gets 30 off 40 balls,” he added.
In the list of all-time leading run-scorers in Tests, Cook is ranked fifth with 12,472 runs. Root currently has 10,015 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar Tops the list with 15,921 runs.
Root is the second England batsman after scoring 10,000 Test runs alastair cook,
In the first Test against New Zealand, England were set a target of 277 runs and the hosts were upset at 69/4 in the 20th over.
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However, Root and Ben Stokes got involved and the duo put on a 90-run stand for the fifth wicket. Stokes then lost his wicket after scoring 54 runs and the match once again hanged in the balance with England at 159/5.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Fox then came into the middle and he shared an unbeaten 120-run stand for the sixth wicket with Root to help England win by five wickets.
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