 "Joe Root becomes the highest run-getter for England in Test cricket history")
England batter Joe Root pipped Alastair Cook to become the highest run-getter for England in Test cricket history. Root achieved the milestone during the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on Wednesday (October 9).
Root surpassed Alastair Cook's 12,472 runs with a straight-driven boundary before lunch to reach 72 at the break and guided England to a brisk 232-2 in 45 overs.
| Top 10 highest run-getter for England in Test cricket history | |||||||||||
| Player | Span | Matches | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | Hundred | Fifty | Ducks | Fours | Sixes |
| Joe Root | 2012-2024 | 147* | 23 | 12486 | 254 | 50.96 | 34 | 65 | 12 | 1349 | 44 |
| AN Cook | 2006-2018 | 161 | 16 | 12472 | 294 | 45.35 | 33 | 57 | 9 | 1442 | 11 |
| GA Gooch | 1975-1995 | 118 | 6 | 8900 | 333 | 42.58 | 20 | 46 | 13 | 1079 | 25 |
| AJ Stewart | 1990-2003 | 133 | 21 | 8463 | 190 | 39.54 | 15 | 45 | 14 | 1121 | 10 |
| DI Gower | 1978-1992 | 117 | 18 | 8231 | 215 | 44.25 | 18 | 39 | 7 | 979 | 10 |
| KP Pietersen | 2005-2014 | 104 | 8 | 8181 | 227 | 47.28 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 985 | 81 |
| G Boycott | 1964-1982 | 108 | 23 | 8114 | 246* | 47.72 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 765+ | 8 |
| MA Atherton | 1989-2001 | 115 | 7 | 7728 | 185* | 37.69 | 16 | 46 | 20 | 904 | 4 |
| IR Bell | 2004-2015 | 118 | 24 | 7727 | 235 | 42.69 | 22 | 46 | 14 | 919 | 39 |
| MC Cowdrey | 1954-1975 | 114 | 15 | 7624 | 182 | 44.06 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 708+ | 13 |
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Root is now fifth on the all-time list of test run-scorers behind Sachin Tendulkar's leading 15,921.
| Top 10 highest run-scorer in Test cricket history | |||||||||||
| Player | Span | Mat | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | 1989-2013 | 200 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 | 14 | 2058+ | 69 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 1995-2012 | 168 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 41 | 62 | 17 | 1509 | 73 |
| JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | 1995-2013 | 166 | 40 | 13289 | 224 | 55.37 | 45 | 58 | 16 | 1488 | 97 |
| R Dravid (ICC/IND) | 1996-2012 | 164 | 32 | 13288 | 270 | 52.31 | 36 | 63 | 8 | 1654 | 21 |
| JE Root (ENG) | 2012-2024 | 147* | 23 | 12490 | 254 | 50.97 | 34 | 65 | 12 | 1349 | 44 |
| AN Cook (ENG) | 2006-2018 | 161 | 16 | 12472 | 294 | 45.35 | 33 | 57 | 9 | 1442 | 11 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2000-2015 | 134 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 57.4 | 38 | 52 | 11 | 1491 | 51 |
| BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2006 | 131 | 6 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34 | 48 | 17 | 1559 | 88 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 1994-2015 | 164 | 49 | 11867 | 203* | 51.37 | 30 | 66 | 15 | 1285 | 36 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 1997-2014 | 149 | 15 | 11814 | 374 | 49.84 | 34 | 50 | 15 | 1387 | 61 |