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Joe Root becomes earliest to complete 10000 Test runs

Former England Test captain Joe Root also completed his 10000 Test runs during that Lord's Test against New Zealand.

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 06.06.2022
Joe Root becomes earliest to complete 10000 Test runs

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.



Also Read | List of Players with 10000 runs in both Tests and ODIs


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.


Also Read | Top 5 Players fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history


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)

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