England cricketer Joe Root, who recently stepped down from the English Test captaincy role, played a massive role in the fourth innings of the latest Lord’s Test against New Zealand to snatch an incredible win for his team. While his century helped England to take a 1-0 lead in this crucial 3-match home Test series under the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship, Root also completed his 10000 Test runs during that game.
On Sunday (5th June), Joe Root remained not out on 115 runs off 170 balls (12 fours) that helped England chase down the 277-run target in the Lord’s Test. It was the third-highest fourth innings chase for any team in Lord’s Test history as the hosts won that game by five wickets.
On Sunday, when Root was busy guiding England to the challenging fourth innings target safely, the right-handed batter also completed his 10000 runs in his Test career. The Player of the Match award winner in the latest Lord’s Test, Root completed this match with 10015 runs in his Test career.
Here we are talking about some key stats on Joe Root’s 10000 Test runs milestone.
Joe Root is the earliest batter to complete 10000 Test runs. Here, the earliest meaning is the total time in years and days since the player’s Test debut.
Root became the fastest English cricketer (in terms of the number of innings) to complete 10000 Test runs (218 innings and 118 Test matches). Sir Alastair Cook reached this five-figure in 229 Test innings (128 Test matches).
Root became the second England cricketer, after Sir Alastair Cook, to complete 10000 Test runs.
Root became the ninth right-handed batter to complete 10000 Test runs.
Root became the 10th fastest batter (in terms of the number of innings) to record 10000 Test runs.
Root is the 14th cricketer to reach the 10000 Test runs landmark.
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Earliest to complete 10000 Test runs
Player (Team) | Time since Test debut | Matches | Innings | Latest Test career runs |
Joe Root (England) | 9 years & 171 days | 118 | 218 | 10015 |
Sir Alastair Cook (England) | 10 years & 87 days | 128 | 229 | 12472 |
Rahul Dravid (India/ICC World XI) | 11 years & 280 days | 120 | 206 | 13288 |
Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 12 years & 159 days | 115 | 195 | 12400 |
Ricky Ponting (Australia) | 12 years & 174 days | 118 | 196 | 13378 |
Jacques Kallis (South Africa/ICC World XI) | 13 years & 74 days | 129 | 217 | 13289 |
Brian Lara (West Indies) | 13 years & 250 days | 111 | 195 | 11953 |
Allan Border (Australia) | 14 years & 4 days | 136 | 235 | 11174 |
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) | 14 years & 146 days | 127 | 210 | 11814 |
Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 15 years & 121 days | 122 | 195 | 15921 |
Sunil Gavaskar (India) | 15 years & 363 days | 124 | 212 | 10122 |
Steve Waugh (Australia) | 17 years & 7 days | 156 | 244 | 10927 |
Younis Khan (Pakistan) | 17 years & 54 days | 116 | 208 | 10099 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) | 18 years & 37 days | 140 | 239 | 11867 |
(Source: ESPNcricinfo) (Sort priority: Time since Test debut, then innings, then matches)
Joe Root became the second youngest (age in days) to complete 10000 Test runs.
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Youngest to complete 10000 Test runs
Player (Team) | Age (years & days) | Age (days) |
Sir Alastair Cook (England) | 31 years & 157 days | 11479 |
Joe Root (England) | 31 years & 157 days | 11480 |
Sachin Tendulkar (India) | 31 years & 326 days | 11649 |
Jacques Kallis (South Africa/ICC World XI) | 33 years & 134 days | 12188 |
Ricky Ponting (Australia) | 33 years & 163 days | 12216 |
(Source: ESPNcricinfo)
