Joe Root - A talented young English batsman.

[Mamoon]

Best batsman in the world alongside Virat Kohli.

I don't see anyone challenging these two across all three formats over the next decade.

They are just ahead of Smith and Williamson.

 

[Sandeep]

Is this the first time a youngster pointed out by [MENTION=56866]Bullet Drive[/MENTION] came good?

 

[Mamoon]

Is this the first time a youngster pointed out by [MENTION=56866]Bullet Drive[/MENTION] came good?

Lol, he deliberately trolled most of the time though.

 

[Shutdown Corner]

I hope all those PPers who said Root needs to score away from home, needs to score against big teams, etc are enjoying their humble pie now. If its so easy to score in England, PAK wouldn't be 57-4 on a wicket were Root himself scored 250 odd.

 

[Mamoon]

I hope all those PPers who said Root needs to score away from home, needs to score against big teams, etc are enjoying their humble pie now. If its so easy to score in England, PAK wouldn't be 57-4 on a wicket were Root himself scored 250 odd.

Yeah, but that is down to the general dislike for English cricket on PP.

It was obvious from his debut innings in India in 2013 that he is destined for great things.

He will explode in ODIs and T20Is very soon too, has already done very well so far even though he hasn't been at his absolute best.

 

[Bullet Drive]

The greatest prediction in cricket history.

Well done [MENTION=56866]Bullet Drive[/MENTION]

 

[King_Kohli]

Joe Root leapfrogs Graham Gooch to become England's 2nd highest run-scorer in Test cricket

Joe Root has crossed Graham Gooch to become England second highest run-scorer in Test cricket. He is now only behind Sir Alastair Cook who has 12472 runs under his belt.

Skipper Root Joe Root on Friday surpassed former cricketer Graham Gooch to become England's second-highest run-scorer in the longest format of the game. Root achieved the feat in the ongoing second Test against India here at the Lord's.

The English skipper scored unbeaten 48 runs in the first innings of the second Test on Friday. Root has now 8935 runs under his belt and is only behind former England skipper Alastair Cook, who has scored 12472 runs in Tests.

Gooch sits at the third position now having scored 8900 runs in the longest format of the game for England. Meanwhile, Root's unbeaten 48 and Roy Burns's 49-knock helped England to claw their way back against India on the second day.

At stumps, England's score read 119/3 as they trail by 245 runs with Joe Root(48*) and Jonny Bairstow(6*) currently unbeaten at the crease after 45 overs. Earlier in the day, India were bowled out for 264 after the visitors scored 88 runs and lost seven wickets on Friday.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/joe-root-leapfrogs-graham-gooch-to-become-englands-2nd-highest-run-scorer-in-test-cricket/798956

 

[King_Kohli]

Joe Root has 5 hundreds and 1 fifty from 19 innings at an average of 65 with 1170 runs in Test cricket in 2021.

 

[King_Kohli]

Joe Root completed 9000 runs in Test cricket, second England player in the history of the game.

 

[King_Kohli]

 

[King_Kohli]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most runs against India in Test cricket:<br><br>2555 Ponting at an average of 54.36<br>2431 A Cook average of 47.66<br>2344 C Lloyd average of 58.60<br>2228 J Miandad at an average of 67.51<br>2171 S Chanderpaul average of 63.85<br>2049 M Clarke average of 53.92<br>2010 J Root average of 57.42<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1426242033036013570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[King_Kohli]

Joe Root completed 1200 runs in Tests in 2021, second best is by Rohit Sharma with 669 runs.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Root is in with a good chance of breaking Mohammad Yousuf's record for most test runs in a calendar year (1788). He's realistically got 6 more test matches after this to break the record, currently got 1209.