Joe Root
Joe Root Century: England’s dashing batsman Joe Root’s bat is continuously spewing runs. Root has scored a brilliant century in the second Test match being played against Sri Lanka at the historic Lord’s Cricket Ground. With this century, Joe Root has created a new history in Test cricket and set a series of records. In the first Test played against Sri Lanka in Manchester, Joe Root scored 42 runs in the first innings and an unbeaten 62 in the second innings. Now he has created a sensation by scoring a brilliant century in the first innings of the second Test.
Joe Root completed his century with the help of 13 fours in 162 balls, which is his 33rd century in Tests. With this, Root has equaled Alastair Cook, who has scored the most centuries in Test cricket for England. Cook had scored 33 centuries in 161 Test matches for England, while Root has achieved this great feat in just 145th Test.
Most Test centuries for England
- 33 – Alastair Cook
- 33 – Joe Root
- 23 – Kevin Pietersen
- 22 – Wally Hammond
- 22 – Colin Cowdrey
- 22 – Geoffrey Boycott
- 22 – Ian Bell
Batsmen with most 50+ scores in Tests
- 119 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 103 – Jacques Kallis
- 103 – Ricky Ponting
- 99 – Rahul Dravid
- 97* – Joe Root
- 96 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Joe Root has also become the active cricketer to score the most Test centuries. He has achieved this great feat by leaving behind Steve Smith and Kane Williamson. Virat Kohli has now reached the bottom of the top-4 in terms of scoring the most Test centuries among active batsmen.
Most Test centuries (active batsman)
- Joe Root – 33
- Kane Williamson – 32
- Steve Smith – 32
- Virat Kohli – 29
Joe Root has surpassed Rohit Sharma in the list of active players with the most centuries by scoring a century at Lord’s. Joe Root scored his 49th century in international cricket while Rohit Sharma has 48 centuries to his name. Virat Kohli is at the top of this list with 80 centuries. Root has now become the active batsman with the most centuries after Virat Kohli.
Most centuries in international cricket (active player)
- 80 – Virat Kohli
- 49 – Joe Root*
- 48 – Rohit Sharma
- 45 – Kane Williamson
- 44 – Steve Smith
Most Test centuries at Lord’s
- 6 – Graham Gooch
- 6 – Michael Vaughan
- 6 – Joe Root
- 5 – Andrew Strauss
- 5 – Kevin Pietersen
Joe Root has also become the batsman who has scored the most Test runs on English soil. He broke Alastair Cook’s record. Root now has more than 6500 Test runs in England.
Most runs in Test matches in England
- 6577* – Joe Root
- 6568 – Alastair Cook
- 5917 – Graham Gooch
- 4716 – Mike Atherton
- 4650 – Alec Stewart
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