England?s Star-Batter Joe Root scripted history on Wednesday, 9th of October as he became England's Leading Run-Getter in the longest format of the game. The 33-year-old broke the record of former-skipper Alastair Cook. Cook, who featured in 161 Test-Matches for the Three Lions, managed to amass 12,472 runs at an average of 45.4.



Root, who is taking part in his 147th Test-Match for the Ollie-Pope led team in Multan versus Pakistan, has scored 12,473 runs so far. The right hander needed to score 71 runs to surpass Cook and he did just that as he achieved the feat in the first inning of the first Test-Match versus Pakistan.



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1 . Joe Root - 12,474* runs



2. Alastair Cook - 12,472 runs



3. Graham Gooch - 8,900 runs



4. Alec Stewart - 8,463 runs



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<li>5. David Gower - 8,231 runs</li>
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By shattering Cook's record, Joe has also become the 5th highest run-scorer in the history of the longest format of the game. India's legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of the highest run scorer in the five-day format with 15,291 runs next to his name in 200 Test-Matches. He is followed by Australia?s former captain Ricky Ponting (13, 378 runs), South African All-Rounder Jacques Kallis (13, 289 runs) and Rahul Dravid of India (13, 288 runs).



Earlier on Tuesday, 8th of October, during the 2nd days's play of the first Test-Match between Pakistan and England, Root scripted yet another record as he became the first player to amass 5000 runs in WTC (ICC World Test Championship).



The former England skipper is the all-time leading run-getter in the history of WTC and he also holds the records of playing the highest number of matches and scoring the highest number of centuries in the history of the competition.



The star-batsman, who is currently the number one ranked Test Batter, would be looking to convert this good-start into a big knock and help his side crush Pakistan?s hopes of taking a huge-lead in the 1st inning.



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Joe Root surpasses Alastair Cook to Become Leading Run-Getter for England in Test-Cricket

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ENG vs. PAK: After the third day of English dominance, Joe Root and Harry Brook kept the scoreboard ticking with an absolute gem of an inning from both batters. Root came into bat on Day 2 and made an irk in the England scoreboard, with Crawley and Root contributing immensely to the scores. Root on Day 2 broke the first record, which was of 5000+ WTC runs, as he became the first-ever batter to have scored 5000 runs in the red ball competition, which started in 2019. On the third day, when the two batters came into bat after Crawley got out, Ben Duckett, who came into bat in the new role of a middle-order batter, went on to take the lead ahead with Root, until Duckett fell as England?s final wicket for a well-made 86 runs. Root since then went on to bat alongside Harry Brook for over 300+ runs, as the two batters have been unstoppable since then. Joe Root scored 71* until lunch on Day 3, which made him the highest run-getter for England, overtaking Alastair Cook as England?s highest-ever run-getter in red-ball cricket. 



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 Post-lunch, Joe Root scored his 35th hundred, as he went past the likes of greats like Mahela Jayawardena and others to emerge as one of the highest hundred-getters. Root pre-lunch, with 12473 runs, went past Cook, the former skipper had 12472 runs. Alongside Root, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Brook">Harry Brook</a> went on to secure a big deal in Pakistan as he made a record for scoring 4 continuous innings in 4 consecutive red-ball matches in the nation of Pakistan. Brook took on his terrific form, as he has often been said to be the future of English cricket, with his unstoppable feat both in Test as well as ODI cricket, after his show against Sri Lanka and later Australia last month. Day 4 began, with Joe Root scoring a double hundred in red-ball cricket for the 6th time as he broke another record and went past the former skipper Alastair Cook for having scored the most double hundreds for England in the format. 



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 England at Lunch is now 658/3, as they lead over the hosts by a record 102 runs, despite their mammoth total. England batter Joe Root, now standing firm at 259 runs, is only 41 runs away from being the first English batter to score an overseas triple hundred, also in an Asian country. Since the match result doesn?t seem to be nearing anything else than a tie, England might not look to declare the innings if both batters look to approach their respective triple-centuries, respectively, for both Brook and Root.



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