Joe Root He came, broke a couple of records and left. This has been a new regular in Test cricket after the English cricketer continued his record-breaking streak during England’s ongoing third Test match against Sri Lanka at The Oval on Sunday.
Root, 33, scored just 12 runs off 18 balls in the second innings as England witnessed a shocking collapse after taking a 62-run lead in the first innings. However, 12 runs were enough for the world’s number one batsman in the ICC Test rankings to overtake the legendary Kumar Sangakkara in the Test run tally.
Root overtook the Sri Lankan by scoring 11 runs and now has 12,402 runs from 267 Test innings. Root is now behind only five other cricketers, including 72 runs behind England’s all-time leading run-scorer Alastair Cook.
Most runs in men’s test cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar – 15921 runs in 329 innings
- Ricky Ponting – 13378 runs in 287 innings
- Jacques Kallis – 13289 runs in 280 innings
- Rahul Dravid – 13288 runs in 286 innings
- Alastair Cook – 12472 runs in 291 innings
- Joe Root – 12402 runs in 267 innings
- Kumar Sangakkara – 12400 runs in 233 innings
Root has been on a tear with excellent form but has also been consistent with his fielding efforts in red-ball cricket. Root took an easy catch to dismiss Kamindu Mendis in the first innings early on Day 3 to claim his 201st catch in red-ball cricket.
Former India captain and head coach Rahul Dravid still holds the record for the most catches by a fielder in Test cricket, with 210 catches in 164 matches. Root is likely to break Dravid’s 12-year-old record when England travel to Pakistan for the three-match Test series that begins on October 7.
Most catches in men’s Test cricket
- Rahul Dravid – 210 catches in 164 matches
- Mahela Jayawardene – 205 catches in 149 matches
- Joe Root – 201 catches in 146 matches
- Jacques Kallis – 200 sacks in 166 games
- Ricky Ponting – 196 catches in 168 matches
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