England is hosting a test series at its home against Sri Lanka of 3 matches. The first match was held in Old Trafford Stadium, where England won the match by 5 wickets, and Jamie Smith was awarded with man of the match, making 111 runs in the 1st and 39 runs in the 2nd innings. Joe Root led the team to the great victory with his sensible innings of 62* runs.
Joe Root’s record-breaking century
Root created history by scoring a century in the 2nd test match of the ENG vs. SL test series being played at the Lord’s Stadium and completing 358 runs on day 1. Joe Root made 143 runs in his first inning, and England is still batting at 358 with a loss of seven wickets. Gus Atkinson is on the pitch with 74* runs in his pocket, and on the other side, Matthew Pots is supporting him with 20* runs by his side.
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After completing the century, Joe Root has also equalled the great record of scoring the most centuries in Tests for England. He made his 33rd century of his test career so far, which is the highest among the active test-playing players. The lists consist of batsmen like Steve Smith at 32 centuries and Virat Kohli with 29 centuries in the Test, where Joe Root topped the list in this match. He has made 16 centuries after 2021 and 17 before that in his career since his debut.
Root took over the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma in this match, where he completed his 49th century in international cricket; apart from that, he has 16 ODI centuries as well. It is more than the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who has made 48 centuries so far and is currently the world champion in the T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma has made 31 centuries in ODIs, 12 in Test career, and 5 centuries in T20 matches.
Joe Root leading in tests.
In the ENG vs. SL Test series, Joe Root is now just one century away from becoming the batsman who has scored the most centuries for England in Test cricket. Root has reached the level of Alastair Cook in terms of scoring the most centuries, because Alastair Cook also scored a total of 33 centuries in his Test career.
Apart from these two, no other batsman from England has been able to score 30 or more centuries in Test cricket. Behind them is only Kevin Pietersen, who has 23 centuries in Test matches. In this ENG vs. SL Test match, former England captain and dashing batsman Root has also become the batsman to score the most Test runs on England soil. He broke Alastair Cook’s record. Root now has more than 6,500 Test runs in England.
Have a look at the records broken in the ENG vs. SL test match by Joe Root’s century.
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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
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Batters scoring most 50+ scores in Tests:-
119. Sachin Tendulkar
103. Jacques Kallis
103. Ricky Ponting
99. Rahul Dravid
97*. Joe Root
96. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Most Test centuries (active batsman):
Joe Root-33
Kane Williamson-32
Steve Smith-32
Virat Kohli-29
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
Most runs in Tests in England:
6577* – Joe Root
6568 – Alastair Cook
5917: Graham Gooch
4716 – Mike Atherton
4650 – Alec Stewart
Most Test centuries (since 2021):
16. Joe Root
9. Kane Williamson
6. Steve Smith
2. Virat Kohli
Most centuries in World Test Championship:
15. Joe Root*
11. Marnus Labuschagne
10. Kane Williamson
9. Steve Smith
9. Rohit Sharma
8. Babar Azam
8. Dhananjaya de Silva
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