DTVHINDIENG vs SL 2024: Joe Root created history in Test cricket, became the first player to do so for England, leaving behind Alastair Cook
Joe Root scored the 34th century of his Test career against Sri Lanka Joe Root (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former England cricket team captain and one of the best batsmen in the world, Joe Root has created history in Test cricket. He has now reached the number one spot in terms of scoring the most centuries (34) for England. Root has achieved this feat on the third day of the ongoing second test match against Sri Lanka. It is worth noting that Cook was on the top in terms of scoring the most centuries (33) for England, but now Root has left him behind. It was not easy for Root to do this, but due to his amazing batting and consistency, he has been successful in making this special record of Test cricket in his name. Apart from this, he has reached the 10th position in terms of scoring the most centuries in Test cricket history. On the other hand, 33-year-old Root’s 34th Test century was seen in a very entertaining manner at Lord’s ground. England had lost 8 wickets for 196 runs at one time in the second innings of the match. But during this time Root continued his partnership with tailender Ollie Stone and completed his 34th century by hitting a brilliant cover drive against Lahiru Kumara. Also, let us tell you that when Root overtook Cook in terms of this record, Cook was present in the stadium. See how Joe Root completed his century The perfect angle of Joe Root’s record-breaking century doesn’t exist- pic.twitter.com/zXeojPXpF0 — England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 31, 2024 Apart from this, Joe Root also scored 143 runs in the first innings of this match. With this, he has become the fourth player in the world to score a century in both innings at Lord’s ground. Before Root, George Hadlee, Graham Cooch and Michael Vaughan have achieved the feat of scoring a century in both innings at Lord’s.
ENG vs SL: Joe Root met his father after scoring the most centuries in Test cricket for England, see photos
Root has become the first cricketer to score the most Test centuries for England England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) The second match of the ongoing Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) is being played at the historic Lord’s ground in London. Today, on Saturday, 31 August, on the third day of the game, former England cricket team captain Joe Root batted brilliantly and scored the 34th century of his Test career. With this century, Joe Root has reached the first position in terms of scoring the most centuries for England. Let us tell you that Root scored the 34th century of his Test career by playing a brilliant innings of 103 runs against Sri Lanka. This is Root’s 7th century at Lord’s ground. On the other hand, when Root went to the dressing room after scoring a century, he was seen getting emotional after meeting his father. Also, as soon as Root met his father, its photos went viral on social media very fast, and fans were seen reacting fiercely to it. See this viral photo of Joe Root meeting his father A proud father ❤️ Joe Root embraces his Dad after walking off at Lord’s as England’s top century-maker pic.twitter.com/68Aw6pFh4L — England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 31, 2024 Sri Lanka needs to score 483 runs to win the match On the other hand, if we tell you the status of this match, England lost all its wickets for 251 runs in the second innings of the second test match against Sri Lanka. Apart from this, England has taken a lead of 231 runs in the first innings against Sri Lanka. With this lead and the runs scored in the second innings, England has set a target of 483 runs for Sri Lanka to win. Joe Root scored a century for England in the second innings of the ongoing Test match, before this he had scored a century of 143 runs in the first innings. At the time of writing this news, Sri Lanka has scored 43 runs at the loss of 2 wickets after 14 overs in the second innings, and it is still behind by 440 runs.
Cricket Highlights of 31 August 2024: Top news, records and social trends of the day
Cricket highlights: Know the key stats, social trends and latest news of today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket Highlights Today (Source Cricket highlights of August 31, 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news In the Delhi Premier League 2024, 23-year-old Priyansh Arya created havoc by hitting 6 sixes in an over against North Delhi Strikers. Apart from the much-discussed impact player rule, the BCCI is also reviewing the double bouncer rule. The board will decide whether to continue with these two rules or not. BCCI has announced the Indian Under-19 team for the upcoming multi-format series against Australia. Former player Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid has been selected for the first time in the team. India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav suffered a hand injury while fielding for Mumbai in the match against Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) XI in the Buchi Babu tournament. Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #BabarAzam Former Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam was dismissed for 31 runs off 77 balls in the first innings of the second Test against Bangladesh. Babar once again failed to play a big innings, due to which he has become a topic of discussion on social media. #Naseem Pakistan’s young fast bowler Naseem Shah has become a topic of discussion after he did not find a place in the playing 11 in the second Test match against Bangladesh. Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on August 31? Javagal Srinath was born on this day Former Indian legendary bowler Javagal Srinath was born on August 31, 1969. Sir Garfield Sobers became the first batsman in the history of cricket to hit 6 sixes in an over West Indies’ great cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers created history on August 31, 1968 by hitting 6 sixes in an over. He did this feat against bowler Malcolm Nash in a match against Glamorgan in the English County Championship. The last six of the over went out of the ground and reached the bus stop. It was taking time to bring the new ball, due to which Sir Garry Sobers, who was unbeaten on 76 runs, decided to declare the innings. Nottinghamshire won that match by 166 runs. Today is the 10th anniversary of the birth of the term FAB-4 On August 31, 2014, the term FAB-4 was born. 2014 was the year when the careers of four extraordinary cricketers (Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson) reached new heights. Known as the “Fab 4”, these players have redefined modern batting with their consistency, skill and ability to perform under pressure.
When the former England captain tried to belittle Kohli by comparing him with Joe Root, fans lashed out at him on social media
Recently, Root scored the 33rd century of his Test career. Virat Kohli and Joe Root (Image Credit- Twitter Former England cricket team captain Joe Root has created history by scoring the 33rd century of his career in the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka at the historic Lord’s ground in London. After this century, he has jointly come on the first position in terms of scoring the most centuries for England. Root has equaled former English captain Alastair Cook. This is Root’s 6th century of his career at Lord’s. So in the match, when he was batting on 99 runs, he completed his century in 162 balls by hitting a boundary against Lahiru Kumara. After this, after scoring 143 runs, he played a shot against Milan Rathnayak and got caught by Pathum Nissanka at point. At the time of Root’s dismissal, England had scored 308 runs and England is currently in a better position in the match after the end of the first day. On the other hand, after Joe Root’s excellent innings, former England cricket team captain Michael Vaughan was seen comparing Root with the test career of former Indian captain and run machine Virat Kohli. Let us tell you that Vaughan has posted a photo on his official X account comparing the Test careers of Virat and Root. In the caption of this photo, he wrote – Good Morning India. As soon as he shared this post on social media, the anger of the fans reached the seventh sky. After this, cricket fans were seen scolding Michael Vaughan on social media itself. See how fans taught Michael Vaughan a lesson Morning India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Ax5g75yLyS — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 30, 2024 Let’s see in Eng vs ind series. — Sandeep (@singhsandeeep) August 30, 2024 Test Centuries in Australia – Virat Kohli- 6Joe Root – 0 😭 First ask him to score a century in Australia, then compare — 🜲 (@HereforVK18) August 30, 2024 Great now show me Joe Froot’s limited overs career. Root’s a Home track bully scored 70% of his centuries in England — Cheems Bond 𝕏 (Parody) (@Cheems_Bond_007) August 30, 2024 Joe Root will have to take two births to match Virat Kohli’s 80th international century. — Alok Singh (@Thakurbhaiyaa) August 30, 2024 You forgot to count the number of 4s.They are very important, Michael.Remember, they got you a World Cup. — Dr. Devashish Palkar (@psychidiaries) August 30, 2024 Morning UK 🇬🇧 Test 100s (Outside Home) 16 – Steve Smith (out of 32)15 – Virat Kohli (out of 29)13 – Joe Root (out of 33)13 – Kane Williamson (out of 32) pic.twitter.com/DuEcDCqoW9 — Secular Chad (@SachabhartiyaRW) August 30, 2024 Kohli dominates in all 3 formats and league Root 1 format bully — Andleeb Akhtar (@viratkohli_un) August 30, 2024 Show me one such innings or shot of joe root. ‘Shot of an emperor’ Remember Vanghney? pic.twitter.com/sBH80xuAq7 — Pallavi🥂 (@PalluSays) August 30, 2024
Watching Gus Atkinson bat reminds me of Jacques Kallis: Joe Root
Atkinson played a brilliant inning of 74* runs in the second test match against Sri Lanka. Gus Atkinson (Image Credit- Twitter X) The second match of the ongoing three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) has started on Thursday, 29 August at the historic Lord’s ground in London. At the end of the first day of this match, England has scored 358 runs for the loss of 7 wickets while batting brilliantly. For England, former captain Joe Root batted brilliantly and scored 143 runs, scoring the 33rd century of his Test career. Apart from Root, fast bowler Gus Atkinson was also seen batting brilliantly and is still at the crease, scoring 74* runs in 81 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. A 92-run partnership for the 7th wicket was also seen between Root and Atkinson. Also, during his innings, Atkinson scored most of the runs in the V (from mid-on to mid-off). Now, impressed by Atkinson’s batting, Root has made a big statement. Root says that watching Atkinson bat reminds him of Jacques Kallis. Joe Root praises Gus Atkinson Let us tell you that after the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka ended, England Cricket has posted a video on its official X account. In this video, Joe Root said- Yes it is good, it is really good to watch him (Gus Atkinson) bat. I will tell you why it is good to watch him bat from the other end. When he hits those straight sixes from the other end, those are unbelievable shots. It is like watching someone like Jacques Kallis bat. It was a great little innings and he had some great partnerships along the way.
Joe Root has made two big records in his name, now his eyes are on this special record of Sachin
Joe Root has scored 64 half centuries in his Test career. Joe Root (Photo Source: Twitter) England defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets in the first Test match. Star batsman Joe Root played an important role in England’s victory. With this victory, the hosts have taken a 1-0 lead in the two-Test match series. Sri Lanka had set a target of 205 runs for the English team to win in the Manchester Test, at one point the host team was struggling while chasing this score, then Joe Root led the team to victory by playing an unbeaten innings of 62 runs in 128 balls. Joe Root made two big records on the basis of his innings. With these 62 runs, Joe Root has reached the third position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in the fourth innings of Test cricket after Sachin Tendulkar, Alastair Cook and Graeme Smith. In this matter, he has surpassed India’s Rahul Dravid and West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul. These two legends had scored 1580 and 1575 runs respectively in the fourth innings during their careers. Joe Root made many big records in the first test against Sri Lanka Now Joe Root has reached the fourth position in this list with 1589 runs. Joe Root’s eyes will now be on the world record of Sachin Tendulkar who is at the first position in this list with 1625 runs. Now there is only a difference of 36 runs between Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root. This was Joe Root’s 64th half-century in Test cricket and his 96th 50+ score overall. Root has equalled Chandrapaul in terms of scoring the most 50+ scores in Test cricket. This West Indies legend has also played 50+ runs innings 96 times in Test cricket. Sachin Tendulkar tops this list with 119 scores of more than fifty. With this, Joe Root has also surpassed Rahul Dravid in the list of batsmen who have scored the most half-centuries in the history of Test cricket. Joe Root has reached the third position with 64 half-centuries, while Dravid had scored 63 half-centuries in his Test career. Here too Sachin Tendulkar is on top. Batsmen with most 50+ scores in Test cricket- Sachin Tendulkar – 119Jacques Kallis- 103Ricky Ponting- 103Rahul Dravid- 99Joe Root- 96Shivnarine Chanderpaul- 96 Batsmen who scored the most runs in the fourth innings of Test cricket Sachin Tendulkar – 1625Alastair Cook – 1611Graeme Smith – 1611Joe Root – 1589Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 1580Rahul Dravid – 1575
I think Harry Brook is the new…: Stuart Broad compares the youngster to the experienced batsman
During the current match against Sri Lanka, Harry Brooke scored 56 runs in 73 balls with the help of four fours in the first innings. Harry Brook (Image Credit- Twitter X) Veteran fast bowler Stuart Broad has praised the excellent batsman Harry Brook during the first test match between England and Sri Lanka being played at Old Trafford in Manchester. Harry Brook’s performance has always been very good in international cricket. Not only this, during the match against Sri Lanka being played currently, Harry Brook scored 56 runs in 73 balls with the help of four fours in the first innings. Let us tell you, Harry Brook has so far scored 1434 runs in 16 innings in international Test cricket at an average of 59.75 and a strike rate of 90.02, which includes 5 centuries and 9 half-centuries. His best individual score in Test cricket has been 186 runs. According to Stuart Broad, Harry Brook is the new Joe Root. Joe Root is counted among the best batsmen in the world and has made and broken many records. Stuart Broad told Sky Sports, ‘We had a very good summer. When Harry Brook was with us for the entire Test summer and I was bowling to him in practice sessions, he was playing aggressive shots against me. His shots were very similar to Kevin Pietersen who used to play explosive cricket while standing. James Anderson and I have played with him in Yorkshire as well and I feel that he is the new Joe Root. When he came into the Test team, he had no problem with anything. By the end of the second day of the first Test match, England had scored 259 runs for the loss of 6 wickets Talking about the match, Sri Lanka scored 236 runs after losing all wickets in the first innings of the first test. Captain Dhananjay de Silva played an innings of 74 runs for the team while young player Milan Rathnayake contributed 72 runs. Kusal Mendis scored 24 runs while Dinesh Chandimal returned to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs. By the end of the second day of the game, England had scored 259 runs after losing 6 wickets in their first innings. Now on the third day, both the teams will want to dominate each other. This team has won the Champions Trophy the most number of times 10 beautiful and HOT pictures of Shubhman Gill’s sister ENG vs IND: India will tour England in 2025, BCCI released the schedule Rohit Sharma does not like KL Rahul at all…! Proof found Breaking: Jay Shah will now leave BCCI and become the chairman of ICC…! List of top-5 batsmen who scored the most centuries in WTC- A film will be made on Yuvraj Singh, know who will play the character..? The most unlucky player of Team India, one over ruined his career List of batsmen who hit the most sixes for India in WTC- This captain has won the most matches for his country in Test cricket
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Kumar Sangakkara said that Joe Root has a chance to equal Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs as well as Sachin’s record of playing most matches. India’s Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo by ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) Sachin Tendulkar Record: The England team registered a historic victory by whitewashing the West Indies in the three-match Test series. In the last Test match of this series, England batsman Joe Root has equaled the record of West Indies’ great batsman Brian Lara in the list of highest run-scorers and has reached the 7th position in the list of highest run-scorers in Test cricket. Saved the team in times of crisis In the third match against West Indies, England was in trouble after losing 5 wickets for 54 runs. At that time, Joe Root not only shared a 100-run partnership with captain Ben Stokes, but also completed his personal half-century. By doing this, he played an important role in stopping the team’s downfall. In the second match of the same series, Root scored the 32nd century of his career. Captain Ben Stokes and Joe Root shared an unbeaten 103-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Meanwhile, he also scored a half-century. On this occasion, he broke the record of Brian Lara, who was at number 7, and became the 7th highest run scorer in Test cricket. Joe Root has scored 12,027* runs. Joe Root, who has played 143 matches in Test cricket, has come close to Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring the most runs in Test cricket. Cricket experts are saying that Joe Root’s focus is on surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 15,921 runs in Test cricket. Opportunity to break the record of most runs as well as most matches Recently during a cricket match commentary, former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara said that Joe Root has a chance to equal Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs as well as Sachin’s record of playing most matches. Only 58 games left to break Sachin’s record! Joe Root can not only break Sachin’s record of scoring runs but also the record of playing most number of matches in Test cricket. He is 33 years old and has the opportunity to play cricket for many more years. He said that Root will have to play 58 more matches to break Sachin’s record. Recently, former England captain Michael Vaughan also said that Joe Root has a chance to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s record to become the highest run-scorer in Test cricket.
Most Runs in Test: List of players who scored the most runs in Test cricket history
A total of 14 players have scored more than 10,000 runs in Tests so far. The list toppers include players from India, Australia, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan. Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Most Runs in Test: There is nothing special to say about Team India’s great player Sachin Tendulkar. He has made many records in his 24-year long cricket career. One of these is the record of scoring the most runs in Tests. Sachin has played 200 Test matches in his career, and he has scored 15,921 runs. At the same time, Australian legend Ricky Ponting is in second place with 13,378 runs. In third place is South African legend Jacques Kallis who has scored 13,289 runs in 166 Test matches. 14 players have scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket A total of 14 players have scored more than 10,000 runs in Tests so far. The list toppers include players from India, Australia, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan. Players who have scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket – Team-wise India Sachin Tendulkar – 15,921 runs in 200 Test matches Rahul Dravid – 13,288 runs in 164 Tests Sunil Gavaskar – 10,122 runs in 125 Test matches Australia Ricky Ponting – 13,378 runs in 168 Tests Allan Border – 11,174 runs in 156 Tests Steve Waugh – 10,927 runs in 168 Tests England Alastair Cook – 12,472 runs in 161 Tests Joe Root – 12,027* runs in 143 Tests Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara – 12,400 runs in 134 Tests Mahela Jayawardene – 11,814 runs in 149 Tests West Indies Brian Lara – 11,953 runs in 131 Tests Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 11,867 runs in 164 Tests South Africa Jacques Kallis – 13,289 runs in 166 Tests Pakistan Younis Khan – 10,099 runs in 118 Tests Most Runs in Test: List of 10 players who scored the most runs in the history of Test cricket Player Runs in Test cricket Sachin Tendulkar- India 15,921 Ricky Ponting – Australia 13,378 Jacques Kallis- South Africa 13,289 Rahul Dravid- India 13,288 Alastair Cook- England 12,472 Kumar Sangakkara- Sri Lanka 12,400 Joe Root- England 12,027 Brian Lara- West Indies 11,953 Shivnarine Chnaderpaul- West Indies 11,867 Mahela Jayawardene- Sri Lanka 11,814
ENG vs WI: Joe Root also surpassed Brian Lara, know which record the English player made in his name
Joe Root achieved this great feat during the first session of the second day of the third Test being played between England and West Indies in Birmingham. Joe Root (Pic Source-Twitter) Today, on 27 July, England’s experienced batsman Joe Root has surpassed former West Indies captain Brian Lara in terms of runs in Test cricket. Let us tell you, Joe Root achieved this great feat during the first session of the second day of the third Test being played between England and West Indies in Birmingham. Brian Lara scored 11,953 runs in 232 innings of 131 matches in his international cricketing career. Joe Root has surpassed him in 261 innings of his 143 tests. Joe Root has reached the seventh position in the list of players who have scored the most runs in Test cricket. Now only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Alastair Cook and Kumar Sangakkara are ahead of him. Joe Root started the second day of the ongoing third Test match with two runs. He needed just 12 more runs to break Brian Lara’s record. He achieved this feat on the last ball of the sixth over of the day. Joe Root became the highest run scorer for England at Edgbaston Let us tell you, English batsman Joe Root has become the highest run scorer at Edgbaston. He has completely broken Cook’s record of 869 runs. England is leading 2-0 in this 3 match Test series. While on one hand all the players from England have performed very well so far, the West Indies players have failed to make a mark in this series. England won the first test match played at Lord’s while the hosts won the second test as well. England had a very bad start in the third test being played at the moment but the team is in a great position right now and if the team’s batsmen perform well then they can win this match as well. In their first innings of the third test, West Indies have scored 282 runs after losing all wickets. The second day of the game has started and England will definitely want to put pressure on West Indies on this day. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
