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With the number of matches to be played he can certainly do it. Worth remembering though that he is currently on the same number of matches as MoYo and is 400 runs behind.
Remarkable that Yousuf and Viv both achieved these numbers in just 11 tests, Root wil have had 16 by years end. So it would be an incorrect, or incomplete comparison. It would be remarkable if he breaks the record of 9 hundreds in a year, even with all those extra innings.
Yousuf made maximum use of a mediocre west indies then, whilst root fought hard so far for this against far superior bowlers in tougher conditions
The 2 match winning double hundreds in sub continents were sumptuous
Yousuf made maximum use of a mediocre west indies then, whilst root fought hard so far for this against far superior bowlers in tougher conditions
The 2 match winning double hundreds in sub continents were sumptuous
Has 5 Test matches to go this year assuming the Ashes goes ahead.
2 more v India then 3 Ashes matches.
He needs 391 runs to beat Yousuf's record. At this stage, the biggest hurdle to that record is Australia's quarantine rules.
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That would include Richards’ monster series in England in 1976. There was a 291 in there. England couldn’t get him out.
Well on his way to breaking that record, 400 odd runs in 10 innings is eminently doable.
Weirdly enough Yousuf also had a monster series in England.
England are one of the few sides which play a proper length test series every summer, so you could imagine any player that breaks Yousuf's record in the future will have played in England.
Remarkable that Yousuf and Viv both achieved these numbers in just 11 tests, Root wil have had 16 by years end. So it would be an incorrect, or incomplete comparison. It would be remarkable if he breaks the record of 9 hundreds in a year, even with all those extra innings.
Yousuf wasn't exactly playing against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. He hit a double hundred at Lord's.
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Is Australia the hardest place to do it though?
Ah yes, glad someone reminded me. It was Mo Yusuf with the record of 1788 test runs in a calendar year - for some reason I had mistaken it to be Mo Hafeez.. although no doubt both were legendary batsmen of their times.
To the ones knocking Joe Root for taking more matches, I'm pretty sure MoYo and Viv didn't play on wickets in India where 140 was a winning score at Ahmedabad. Root has had to play the majority of tests against arguably the best bowling attack in the world against a top 2 side in India and on some of the most challenging wickets in India. Only the first test at Chennai was a flat wicket. Even the wickets he played on in Sri Lanka were turners from memory and he made them look like flat wickets.
Root has been in such an incredible vein of form and he will richly deserve the award if he breaks it given he has had to face stronger attacks and sides, and challenging conditions to do so.
Ah yes, glad someone reminded me. It was Mo Yusuf with the record of 1788 test runs in a calendar year - for some reason I had mistaken it to be Mo Hafeez.. although no doubt both were legendary batsmen of their times.
How many runs left?
334.
So that's one less Test to do it in now....
With his current form, he may still get it. It will be a great series if he can help Eng put some runs in Aus.
If he can't score nobody else can. He has a solid backfoot game. But he is a prime leg before candidate
Here is the interview how Cummins sets up Root.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7n-SrEapB4
He won't now.
334 in 3 Tests is very tough
Tough for who?
Who is right now at peak of his powers
Who is scoring 100 and 150+ scores for fun
And why is it tough when he has to play these three tests in australia on flat pitches
333 runs behind Yousuf with 5 potential innings left, looking difficult now.
Root doesn't need to run for these records inflated by minnow bashing on flat wickets.
He is a giant of the game and should be considered in the pantheon of the test greats like Tendulkar, Lara and Smith.
First time seeing this that M Yousuf actually had 99 average that year including 9 - 100s in 19 innings. This was some Bradman year for him. Incredible!
WHo's stats are inflated with minnow bashing? Yusuf played India, SL (Away, a great great side at the time), England (Away, just beaten Aus at home in previous summer) and <B>WI</B>, who were a far better side back then.
Just curious who you believe minnow bashed?![]()
Root doesn't need to run for these records inflated by minnow bashing on flat wickets.
He is a giant of the game and should be considered in the pantheon of the test greats like Tendulkar, Lara and Smith.
Agreed, Root and Smith are the two ATG batsman in this era. Have performed exceptionally well all over the world.
Root's record is extremely underrated, England is by far the hardest country to bat this era, even for English batsmen.
Getting quietly thrilled by just how far Root could go. All things considered he is on the way to becoming an ATG at present.
Smith as a test batsman is a giant best we have seen probably better than Sachin. Root is a great player but not as good as Sachin.
Not on Sachin's level but pretty close imo. Root plays in England, gets absolutely no support and often has to bat for the entire team, in the most bowling friendly era since WW2. Every single team Root plays against have multiple great bowlers.
The more you dig up Root's stats (especially in context), the better it looks.
Talk about an overstatement. Sachin scored his first century in Australia as an 18 year old.
Root is yet to score a test century in Australia in his career and he's already 30 years old. A good 80ish score and he's already close to beating Tendulkar..![]()