England batter Joe Root turned solely the seventh batter in Take a look at historical past to file 12,000 runs, reaching the landmark throughout the third Take a look at towards West Indies at Edgbaston on Saturday.
Root achieved the milestone when he reached 62 runs with a 4 off Alzarri Joseph on the primary ball publish Lunch on Day 2. The previous skipper paired up with present captain Ben Stokes to rebuild England’s innings with a hundred-plus stand for the sixth wicket. The hosts have been diminished to 54 for 5 inside 12 overs whereas in pursuit of West Indies’ first-innings whole of 282.
Root recorded his ninety fifth Take a look at fifty-plus rating throughout the knock, the sixth finest amongst all batters.
2nd youngest and 2nd slowest
Apparently, Root is the second youngest batter behind compatriot Alastair Cook dinner to succeed in 12,000 Take a look at runs, finishing the feat aged 33 years and 210 days. Former India captain Rahul Dravid was the oldest batter to cross the mark at 37 years 339 days. Root additionally eclipsed West Indies batting legend Brian Lara’s tally of 11,953 runs throughout his knock.
Youngest gamers to 12,000 Take a look at runs
33y 13d – Alastair Cook dinner
33y 210d – Joe Root
35y 176d – Sachin Tendulkar
35y 214d – Ricky Ponting
36y 32d – Jacques Kallis
37y 68d – Kumar Sangakkara
37y 339d – Rahul Dravid
Quickest gamers by way of innings to succeed in 12,000 Take a look at runs
224 – Kumar Sangakkara
247 – Ricky Ponting
247 – Sachin Tendulkar
249 – Jacques Kallis
255 – Rahul Dravid
261 – Joe Root
275 – Alastair Cook dinner
Nonetheless, Root will not be the quickest to the landmark, as a substitute finds himself in the direction of the underside of the listing with solely Cook dinner behind him within the membership. Whereas Cook dinner took 275 innings to succeed in the feat, Root crossed the mark in his 261st innings. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara was the quickest (by way of innings) to succeed in 12,000 runs in 224 innings. Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting are second, each securing the 12,000th run of their 247th innings.
| Most Take a look at runs | |||||||||
| Participant | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 | 14 |
| Ricky Ponting | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 41 | 62 | 17 |
| Jacques Kallis | 166 | 280 | 40 | 13289 | 224 | 55.37 | 45 | 58 | 16 |
| Rahul Dravid | 164 | 286 | 32 | 13288 | 270 | 52.31 | 36 | 63 | 8 |
| Alastair Cook dinner | 161 | 291 | 16 | 12472 | 294 | 45.35 | 33 | 57 | 9 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 134 | 233 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 57.4 | 38 | 52 | 11 |
| Joe Root | 143* | 261 | 22 | 12000* | 254 | 50.22 | 32 | 63 | 12 |
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