Can Joe Root break Mohammad Yousuf's record of 1788 runs in a year?

[KingKhan12]

Yousuf deserves more respect. He is disrespected too much on here. In my opinion, he was the most talented batsman to come out of Pakistan. Sure he probably underachieved for his talent, but he still had a fantastic career.

Definitely also Pakistan dropped him i think after 2010. He could been ideal for world cup 2011 and then in that era he missed tests in uae where he would made big runs like Younis Khan who cashed in.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Root looks in decent nick, I'm worried that he will do it

 

[kingusama92]

Just falls short.

 

[90MPH]

Yousif record is safe for another year.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Nice one, happy Yousuf keeps his record

Would have felt unjust for it to be broken with so many extra innings

 

[nam]

Record lives to see another day. Well tried Root

 

[The_KING]

So happy that Root failed to break the record. Not hating on Root who is a brilliant batsman, but it would have been unfair had he broken the record with so many additional test innings.

 

[Kaddy]

I think ten more innings but still he couldn't do it.

 

[Aman]

Good year for him but when England and Joe needed runs most he reverted to Joe Fiddy.

 

[Kaddy]

He will score a double insha’Allah and help England win this Test after sharing a match winning partnership with Stokes

Now this is called a great prediction.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Reminds me of a song by blink 182.
Fate fell short this time your smile fades in the summer.

Fell short to Viv as well.
I think to say he didn't deserve it had he gotten there isn't correct. England, Australia, India and even South Africa and SL play 10+ tests per year on average. England usually play around 15.

It's not for the first time that someone has played 14-15 tests and had a good year. There have been plenty of occasions with teams playing 14-18 tests per year. You can only control what you're given. Root didn't ask for more tests. It's just the way it is. To get to third on that list is another achievement in itself and Root had a renaissance of a year where he finally got over his habit of getting out between 50-99.
There will be more years with similar no. of tests or even more and not just for Root but for other countries as well. Depends if someone could be as consistent as the other players on the list.

It's just the misfortune of Pakistan alongwith WI and NZ that we barely ever get to play more than 10 tests in a year. More often than not, Pak has to contend with 7-8 tests.

It was just the might of Yousaf and Viv that they were able to score 1700+ in just 19 innings.

 

[realitygaf]

Considering that test cricket is played less and less. Moyo record might be forever

 

[Kroll]

Owing to England's terrible performances, I think its apt he didn't break the record in such circumstances. Getting close did service to his contribution throughout the year though.

MoYo lives to fight another day, or year shall we say.

 

[Mirpur express]

So happy that Root failed to break the record. Not hating on Root who is a brilliant batsman, but it would have been unfair had he broken the record with so many additional test innings.

Agreed hopefully No one breaks it Unless someone deserves it ,ie same amount of games & 10 tons

 

[Mirpur express]

Definitely also Pakistan dropped him i think after 2010. He could been ideal for world cup 2011 and then in that era he missed tests in uae where he would made big runs like Younis Khan who cashed in.

agreed, another 10!games in uae he would’ve defo ended with a batting average close to 60

 

[Justcrazy]

I hope MOYO record stays for a long time.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I hope MOYO record stays for a long time.

It will. First of all Root's effort itself is super human effort given the low scoring era. Not a single soul helped Root forget any short of big partnership.

 

[The_KING]

Definitely also Pakistan dropped him i think after 2010. He could been ideal for world cup 2011 and then in that era he missed tests in uae where he would made big runs like Younis Khan who cashed in.

Had he played tests in UAE for 3-4 years, he could have scored over 30 centuries and got really close to 10,000 runs. It’s unfortunate that he was dropped in 2010 straight after being recalled back to the team.

 

[shah9425]

Happy that record is intact

 

[ChTab]

Yousuf deserves more respect. He is disrespected too much on here. In my opinion, he was the most talented batsman to come out of Pakistan. Sure he probably underachieved for his talent, but he still had a fantastic career.

Yousaf deserves all the respect but after his stint at ICL, he was a pretty average player in both tests & ODI's.

He played 10 tests after ICL scored 750 runs at an average of 37.50 with 1 hundred & 5 fifties.
He played 19 ODI's after ICL scored 478 runs at an average of 25.15 with 0 hundred, 2 fifties & an S/R of 70.71

You can make an argument that he was hard done by the selectors in tests & should have given at least a year in UAE, where he could have scored many runs but his ODI career was pretty much finished when he stupidly decided to play ICL despite being the 1st name on the team sheet in both tests & ODI's.

Pakistan's selectors should always adopt such a ruthless approach i.e if an aging player doesn't perform in 10 tests or 20,30 ODI's then they should move on.

 

[Obsessed_in_a_good_way]

So glad that Yusuf's record is intact. I completely agree with other comments: it is not fair that Root got to play 50% more games/innings.

For the record-junkies out there (including me in this group!), the player who came closest to breaking Viv's record was Mohinder Amarnath, in 1983. You might remember, India came to Pakistan for 6 tests. They played the first two in 1982, when Mohsin (1,000 runs) and Imran (50 wkts) became the first Pakistanis to reach these calendar year milestones. Mohinder scored 2-3 centuries in the series, scoring most of his 500+ runs in 1983. Then India toured West Indies, where he was a runaway success again, scoring another 500+ runs. In fact, if my memory serves me well, his record still stands, of reaching this milestones the earliest date in the year. He was virtually guaranteed to break Viv's record because he had nine more tests at home before the end of the year (three against Pakistan and six against West Indies).

What is it that they say, the higher they reach, the harder is the fall, right? He had a lackluster series against Pakistan, scoring 10-15 runs. Then, against West Indies, came the biggest nightmare of *ANYBODY'S* career: scores of 0,0,1,0,0,0. He couldn't even come close to any more records!

 

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Root ends with third-most calendar-year Test runs in history

England lost the Ashes in humiliating style on Tuesday but for Joe Root it has been an incredible 12 months with the bat, the skipper ending the calendar year with the third most Test runs in history.

His dismissal on day three of the third Test in Melbourne for 28 left him with 1,708 runs for the year, at an average of 61.00, behind only Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf (1,788 in 2006) and West Indian legend Viv Richards (1,710 in 1976).

More questions will be asked of his captaincy after England were well beaten again by Australia, but Root has been in brilliant form with the bat in 2021.

He moved past the likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar to chalk up 1,600 runs at the second Test in Adelaide, and then edged South Africa's Graeme Smith (1,656 in 2008) in Melbourne.

Root, however, had far more innings to compile his total -- 29 to the 19 of both Yousuf and Richards.

And the Yorkshireman, 30, is still searching for a first Ashes hundred in Australia. He has two more Tests to do it.

"I think I probably wanted it too much, I was too desperate and it had probably a negative impact on the way I played, I put too much pressure on myself," he said ahead of the tour of his will to succeed in Australia.

The extent to which England have relied on Root this year is demonstrated by the numbers.

Second in the pecking order is maligned opener Rory Burns, who scored 530 this year at 27.89, then Jonny Bairstow with 391 at 24.43.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-ne...third-most-calendar-year-test-runs-in-history

 

[Saj]

Mohammad Yousuf's record for most Test runs in a calendar year remains intact:

Mohammad Yousuf - 1788 in 2006
Viv Richards - 1710 in 1976
Joe Root - 1708 in 2021
Graeme Smith - 1656 in 2008

 

[Afzal_K]

Poor Joe Root, had no support

 

[Zaz]

Had he played tests in UAE for 3-4 years, he could have scored over 30 centuries and got really close to 10,000 runs. It’s unfortunate that he was dropped in 2010 straight after being recalled back to the team.

No chance Moyo was done by 2010 he was what 36, his preceding record over his last 10 tests was poor, he was on the downward interms of outout

And the low slow uae wickets i dont think wouldve suited him because he was more of a free flowing batsman who enjoyed pace coming onto the bat
He was never one to get stuck in and grind out a score

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Moyo deserves to keep that record, he scored those runs in lesser innings.

Also its not like he was bullying weak opponents on home tracks, he had a great tour of England.
At that time It looked like he could score centuries anywhere in the world

 

[Markhor]

Had he played tests in UAE for 3-4 years, he could have scored over 30 centuries and got really close to 10,000 runs. It’s unfortunate that he was dropped in 2010 straight after being recalled back to the team.

IIRC Yousuf was asked to play FC cricket to regain his place but he refused. Misbah and Waqar decided to groom Azhar and Shafiq instead.

I feel the divisions over captaincy between the Malik and Yousuf camps after the 2007 World Cup and his own disasterous leadership stint in 2009/10 led to Yousuf losing his hunger. His fitness declined too whereas Younis and Misbah were still in peak condition well into their 40s.

It's sad looking back as even in his last series he showed his class. I'll never forget his 56 at The Oval vs England in 2010. In a series where our batsmen looked like complete clowns against the swinging ball - Yousuf literally gave a masterclass on how to bat in English conditions.

 

[ElRaja]

IIRC Yousuf was asked to play FC cricket to regain his place but he refused. Misbah and Waqar decided to groom Azhar and Shafiq instead.

I feel the divisions over captaincy between the Malik and Yousuf camps after the 2007 World Cup and his own disasterous leadership stint in 2009/10 led to Yousuf losing his hunger. His fitness declined too whereas Younis and Misbah were still in peak condition well into their 40s.

It's sad looking back as even in his last series he showed his class. I'll never forget his 56 at The Oval vs England in 2010. In a series where our batsmen looked like complete clowns against the swinging ball - Yousuf literally gave a masterclass on how to bat in English conditions.

lets not forget his written age was 36 in 2010, his real age was more likely 38 or 39, and given his form heading towards his last appearance it was obvious his mental and physical fitness, if not his skills, were on the wane.

was it nor for the icl fiasco he would have ended up playing 100+ tests with an average in mid 50s rather than low 50s. the irony is if u see his latest pictures, he looks in better shape now than 10 years ago.

 

[Saj]

% of team runs scored in 2021 (min 5 Tests):

26.21 J Root, Eng
22.98 D Karunaratne, SL
19.28 Marnus, Aus
17.34 L Thirimanne, SL
17.31 D Elgar, RSA
16.97 R Sharma, Ind

 

[ElRaja]

% of team runs scored in 2021 (min 5 Tests):

26.21 J Root, Eng
22.98 D Karunaratne, SL
19.28 Marnus, Aus
17.34 L Thirimanne, SL
17.31 D Elgar, RSA
16.97 R Sharma, Ind

how does that percentage compare in terms of historical levels?

 

[jeetu]

Players with 1250+ runs in a year

Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Year
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	11	1788	202	99.33	9	3	2006
IVA Richards (WI)	11	1710	291	90	7	5	1976
JE Root (ENG)	15	1708	228	61	6	4	2021
GC Smith (SA)	15	1656	232	72	6	6	2008
MJ Clarke (AUS)	11	1595	329*	106.33	5	3	2012
SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	14	1562	214	78.1	7	5	2010
RT Ponting (AUS)	15	1544	207	67.13	6	6	2005
RT Ponting (AUS)	11	1503	257	100.2	6	4	2003
MP Vaughan (ENG)	14	1481	197	61.7	6	2	2002
JL Langer (AUS)	14	1481	215	54.85	5	4	2004
JE Root (ENG)	17	1477	254	49.23	3	10	2016
SPD Smith (AUS)	13	1474	215	73.7	6	5	2015
JM Bairstow (ENG)	17	1470	167*	58.8	3	8	2016
V Sehwag (INDIA)	14	1462	319	56.23	3	6	2008
KC Sangakkara (SL)	11	1438	319	71.9	4	8	2014
V Sehwag (INDIA)	14	1422	173	61.82	5	8	2010
SM Gavaskar (INDIA)	17	1407	221	54.11	4	8	1979
SR Tendulkar (INDIA)	16	1392	193	55.68	4	5	2002
ML Hayden (AUS)	14	1391	203	63.22	5	5	2001
GR Viswanath (INDIA)	17	1388	179	57.83	5	6	1979
JE Root (ENG)	14	1385	182*	60.21	3	10	2015
RB Simpson (AUS)	14	1381	311	60.04	3	7	1964
ML Hayden (AUS)	15	1380	138	53.07	5	4	2005
DL Amiss (ENG)	13	1379	262*	68.95	5	3	1974
AN Cook (ENG)	14	1364	263	54.56	3	8	2015
R Dravid (INDIA)	16	1357	217	59	5	5	2002
DR Martyn (AUS)	14	1353	161	56.37	6	5	2004
BC Lara (WI)	10	1344	209	74.66	5	5	2003
KP Pietersen (ENG)	14	1343	158	53.72	4	6	2006
RT Ponting (AUS)	10	1333	196	88.86	7	4	2006
IJL Trott (ENG)	14	1325	226	66.25	4	4	2010
ME Trescothick (ENG)	13	1323	194	55.12	4	4	2005
V Kohli (INDIA)	13	1322	153	55.08	5	5	2018
DA Warner (AUS)	13	1317	253	54.87	4	7	2015
ML Hayden (AUS)	12	1312	380	77.17	5	3	2003
SM Gavaskar (INDIA)	18	1310	236*	46.78	5	5	1983
SPD Smith (AUS)	11	1305	239	76.76	6	3	2017
GS Sobers (WI)	8	1299	365*	144.33	6	3	1958
JH Kallis (SA)	11	1288	162	80.5	5	7	2004
AN Cook (ENG)	14	1287	235*	58.5	5	4	2010
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	11	1271	340	66.89	3	7	1997
AN Cook (ENG)	17	1270	130	42.33	2	7	2016
GA Gooch (ENG)	9	1264	333	79	4	5	1990