England’s Joe Root turns into slowest batter to attain 13,000 runs in Test cricket-OxBig News Network

Joe Root etched his title into the document books on Thursday at Trent Bridge, changing into solely the fifth batter in Test cricket historical past to cross 13,000 runs. Root reached the milestone in the course of the third session of Day 1 in England’s four-day Test towards Zimbabwe – their first red-ball outing of the summer time.

Needing 28 runs to succeed in the landmark, Root accomplished the feat by taking a single off the primary supply of the eightieth over bowled by Victor Nyauchi. The crowd at Trent Bridge applauded as Root calmly raised his bat – a well-recognized gesture in a profession stuffed with milestones.

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Root joined the elite 13,000-run membership alongside Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, and Rahul Dravid however took probably the most innings to succeed in the milestone, getting there in his 279th.

SLOWEST TO 13,000 TEST RUNS (INNINGS)

• Sachin Tendulkar – 266 innings
• Jacques Kallis – 269 innings
• Ricky Ponting – 275 innings
• Rahul Dravid – 277 innings
• Joe Root – 279 innings

However, Root additionally grew to become the quickest batter to 13,000 runs when it comes to matches, reaching the mark in simply 153 Tests – faster than Kallis (159), Dravid (160), Ponting (162), and Tendulkar (163).

FASTEST TO 13,000 TEST RUNS (MATCHES)

• Joe Root – 153*
• Jacques Kallis – 159
• Rahul Dravid – 160
• Ricky Ponting – 162
• Sachin Tendulkar – 163

With this milestone, Joe Root grew to become the primary English batter to attain 13,000 runs in Test cricket. He made his debut towards India in Nagpur on December 13, 2012, and has since constructed one of the crucial constant and profitable careers within the trendy sport.

Root has scored greater than 2,000 runs every towards Australia and India. He additionally has over 1,000 Test runs towards South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the West Indies, displaying his means to carry out in all circumstances.

He has scored over 30 Test centuries and averages above 49. No matter the place he has batted within the order, Root has remained one among England’s most dependable performers.

He now stands fifth on the record of all-time main run-scorers in Test cricket. Only Sachin Tendulkar (15,921), Ricky Ponting (13,378), Jacques Kallis (13,289), and Rahul Dravid (13,288) have extra runs than him.

Earlier within the day, England opener Ben Duckett lit up Trent Bridge with an excellent century on his dwelling floor. He smashed 140 from simply 134 balls earlier than he was caught at cowl by Ben Curran off Wessly Madhevere’s bowling. Duckett and Zak Crawley gave England a flying begin, placing on 231 for the primary wicket in simply 41.3 overs.