Joe Root reaches new milestone, leaves Mahela Jayawardene behind
Former England captain Joe Root is reaching new heights every day. Now with the start of the Test between England and New Zealand, Root has crossed another milestone. Along with this, he has done the work of leaving behind former Sri Lankan player Mahela Jayawardene. This achievement is also big because till now only 3 players in the Test history of England had been able to do this, now Joe Root has achieved the distinction of being the fourth player. Root is yet to bat in this historic match.
New Zealand vs England series begins
The three-Test series between New Zealand and England has started. The first match of the series started today. In this, the New Zealand team came out to bat first. During this period, by the end of the first day’s play, the team had scored 319 runs for eight wickets. Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has made a comeback in Test after almost two months. During this, he played a brilliant inning of 93 runs. However, he missed completing his century by seven runs. But this match has become especially memorable for Joe Root.
Joe Root played his 150th test match
Joe Root has now played 150 test matches. He is the 11th player in the world to do so. From this it can be understood how difficult this stage is. Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka has played 149 test matches during his career. Now Joe Root has surpassed him. Earlier for England, only James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Alastair Cook had been able to cross this figure. Alastair Cook has played 161 matches in his Test career. Soon they may leave them behind too. Because they are continuously playing test matches. Whereas James Anderson had announced retirement after playing 188 Tests and Stuart Broad had announced retirement after playing 167 Tests.
This has been Root’s Test career so far
Talking about Joe Root’s career, he has scored 12 thousand 754 runs in his 150 matches. He averages 51.01 and bats at a strike rate of 45.77. Joe Root has scored 35 centuries and 70 half-centuries in his career. His special thing is that he also helps his team by bowling. Now it remains to be seen whether Joe Root can do anything when he comes out to bat in this match.
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