Joe Root became the fourth player to score 100 fifty plus innings in Test cricket.
Joe Root fourth player in history to post 100 fifty plus scores test: The second match of the three-match Test series being played between New Zealand and England is being played at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, at the end of the second day of play, the position of the visiting team was quite strong. At the end of the second day’s play, the England team had scored 378 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in their second innings and their lead had increased to 533 runs. At the same time, another big miracle was seen from the bat of Joe Root, the most experienced player of the England team, in which at the end of the second day’s play, while he was playing unbeaten after scoring 73 runs, this was also his 100th fifty plus score innings in Test cricket. Due to which he has become a part of a special club which earlier included only 3 legends.
Root became the first England player to do so
The year 2024 has been very good for Joe Root so far, in which he has continuously made his dominance felt in Test cricket. In the same year, he became the highest run scorer for England in Test history. Now Root has achieved such a feat which no batsman had been able to do before in Test cricket for England. Joe Root has become the batsman to play 100 fifty plus innings for England in Tests. Earlier in the history of Test cricket, only three batsmen had done this, which include the names of Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting and now Joe Root has also been entered in this list.
Players who played 100 fifty plus innings in test cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 119
- Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – 103
- Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 103
- Joe Root (England) – 100
England’s victory in Wellington Test almost certain
England had almost decided their victory at the end of the second day of the Wellington Test match, in which the result of the match could also come on the third day. After bowling out the New Zealand team for just 125 runs in the first innings, England took a huge lead of 155 runs, after which they completely eliminated the host Kiwi team from the match by scoring 378 runs by the end of the day’s play. Is.
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