{"id":51834,"date":"2024-10-09T19:35:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=51834"},"modified":"2024-10-09T19:35:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:35:40","slug":"record-breaking-root-takes-england-to-492-3-against-pakistan-in-first-multan-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/record-breaking-root-takes-england-to-492-3-against-pakistan-in-first-multan-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking Root takes England to 492-3 against Pakistan in first Multan Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"t-content__chapo\">MULTAN: Joe Root went past Alastair Cook as England&#8217;s highest Test run scorer with an unconquered hundred against Pakistan, anchoring his team to 492-3 in the first Test in Multan on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\">The 33-year-old overhauled Cook&#8217;s aggregate of 12,472 runs and became the fifth-highest scorer of all time after he drove seamer Aamer Jamal for a straight boundary to reach 71 just before lunch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story__title      text-7.5  font-bold  font-playfair-display      mt-1  pb-3  border-b  border-gray-300  border-solid\" dir=\"auto\" data-layout=\"story\" data-id=\"1864055\">Root was still batting on 176 at the close on day three with his partner Harry Brook on 141 not out, taking England within 64 runs of Pakistan&#8217;s first innings total of 556.<\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\" data-empty-p=\"false\">\n<p>The pair added 243 runs for the unbroken fourth wicket, rebuffing Pakistan&#8217;s bowling attack on a lifeless pitch that had punished England&#8217;s bowlers on the first two days.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s head coach Jason Gillespie said his team needed early wickets on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We suspected the way England will look to get a lead and have a crack at us,&#8221; he told reporters. &#8220;We have to come out in the morning and hit the ground running.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A very dominant day <\/p>\n<p>396 runs in the day<br \/>\nJust two wickets <\/p>\n<p>Match Centre: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M5mJLlHALN\">https:\/\/t.co\/M5mJLlHALN<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PAKvENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PAKvENG<\/a>  | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EnglandCricket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EnglandCricket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JmD9EcfC4r\">pic.twitter.com\/JmD9EcfC4r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 England Cricket (@englandcricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/englandcricket\/status\/1843992752070992322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Root&#8217;s memorable 481-minute knock includes 12 boundaries. Brook amassed the same number and added a six despite suffering cramps.<\/p>\n<p>Root reverse swept spinner Abrar Ahmed for a single to reach his 35th Test hundred &#8212; the sixth most by any batsman &#8212; getting to the mark off 167 balls.<\/p>\n<p>Brook reached his sixth hundred with a single off part-timer Saud Shakeel from 118 balls, adding to his previous three in England&#8217;s 3-0 series rout of Pakistan two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Root added 136 for the third wicket with Ben Duckett, who made a robust 84 and showed no effect from a thumb dislocation on Tuesday that forced him to bat at number four.<\/p>\n<p>Duckett was the only man dismissed in the second session, trapped leg-before by Jamal after hitting 11 boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>All three Pakistan fast bowlers &#8212; Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Jamal &#8212; have taken a wicket each. Frontline spinner Abrar has conceded 174 runs in 35 wicketless overs.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan also reviewed three not-out decisions to no avail.<\/p>\n<h2>Praise for Root<\/h2>\n<p>It was a day to remember for Root, who took 268 innings and 147 Tests to go past his former captain Cook&#8217;s total of 12,472 runs from 161 Tests in a glorious career that ended in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Root also added 109 for the second wicket with Zak Crawley, who hit 13 fours in an 85-ball knock of 78.<\/p>\n<p>Crawley failed to keep a flick down off Shaheen in the fourth over and was caught at the second attempt by Jamal at mid-wicket.<\/p>\n<p>Duckett started with trademark aggression, taking five boundaries off Abrar and completing his 10th Test half-century off just 45 balls.<\/p>\n<p>That helped Root accumulate steadily at the other end as he brought up his 65th Test fifty off 76 balls.<\/p>\n<p>He was applauded by a handful of England fans and teammates in the dressing room when he broke Cook&#8217;s record.<\/p>\n<p>Praising Root&#8217;s humility, Duckett said it was &#8220;just a pleasure to share the dressing room with him&#8221;. &#8220;He wouldn&#8217;t know he has achieved what he has achieved,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The all-time list is headed by India&#8217;s Sachin Tendulkar with 15,921 runs from 200 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Cook said of Root during BBC radio commentary that he could &#8220;see him overhauling Sachin Tendulkar&#8217;s record&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t see that happening for Root to lose that hunger and ability to keep driving himself forward for the next couple of years,&#8221; the former England opening batsman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MULTAN: Joe Root went past Alastair Cook as England&#8217;s highest Test run scorer with an unconquered hundred against Pakistan, anchoring his team to 492-3 in the first Test in Multan on Wednesday. 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