Joe Root was always going to go down as one of England's greatest cricketers, but now the statistics say he is the best batter ever.This is because th
Joe Root was always going to go down as one of England 's greatest cricketers, but now the statistics say he is the best batter ever.And the way he did it was classic Root as he slammed Aamer Jamal down the ground for a glorious, straight four to move onto 12,473 Test runs.
Dravid is about a 1,000 runs ahead of Root, but given the form the Yorkshireman is in, you wouldn't bet against him breaking that within the next year.The former captain and opener hit his score in 161 Tests and 291 innings, while Root managed it in 147, and it happened in 268 innings.
England toiled away in the field for a day-and-a-half in tough conditions for little reward, but they were pleased to keep Pakistan to below 600.This ruled him out of opening for England in their response and stand-in captain Pope stepped up, but he only lasted two balls as he fell to an outstanding catch from Jamal.Unfortunately, Crawley fell for 78, and Root is now in the middle with Duckett, who has been cleared to play.
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