England vs Pakistan
ENG vs PAK: The first match of the 3-match Test series is being played between hosts Pakistan and England in Multan. At one time, Pakistan team was looking very strong but as soon as England came to bat, the fate of the match changed. In response to Pakistan’s first innings score of 556 runs, England shattered many big records by scoring 823 runs on the scoreboard. This was the fourth time in the history of Test cricket that a team scored more than 800 in an innings. This is also the fourth highest score in Test cricket.
Former captain Joe Root and Harry Brook had important contributions in taking England to a huge score. Harry Brook scored a brilliant triple century while Joe Root made many big records by scoring a double century. Harry Brook scored the second fastest triple century in Test cricket history. He took just 310 balls to reach the 300 mark. Brook was out after scoring 317 runs. Whereas, Root played an innings of 262 runs. There was a record partnership of 454 runs for the fourth wicket between the two batsmen. In this way the record of the largest partnership in Test was broken. Root and Brook together shattered the world record of Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh’s partnership of 449 runs.
The biggest partnership for the fourth wicket in test cricket
| batting partner | Run | Against | Year |
| joe root and harry brook | 454 | Pakistan | 2024 |
| Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh | 449 | west indies | 2015 |
| Thilan Samaraweera and Mahela Jayawardene | 437 | Pakistan | 2009 |
This partnership of Root and Harry Brook is the biggest partnership made by any visiting pair in Test cricket. He destroyed a 90 year old world record. Earlier, Australia’s Don Bradman and Will Ponsford had made a partnership of 451 runs in England. Now this record has been broken.
The biggest partnership made by a visiting pair
| batting partner | Run | Against | Year |
| Joe Root and Harry Brook (England) | 454 | Pakistan | 2024 |
| Don Bradman and Will Ponsford (Australia) | 449 | England | 1934 |
| Marvan Atapattu – Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 438 | zimbabwe | 2004 |
Not only this, the partnership of 454 runs between Root and Harry Brook is the record for the biggest partnership in Test against Pakistan. Earlier this record was in the name of Conrad Hunt and Gary Sobers who had made a partnership of 446 runs in 1958.
Biggest partnership against Pakistan in test cricket
| batting partnership | Run | Against | Year |
| Joe Root and Harry Brook (England) | 454 | Pakistan | 2024 |
| Conrad Hunte and Gary Sobers (West Indies) | 446 | Pakistan | 1958 |
| Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka) | 437 | Pakistan | 2009 |
| Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag (India) | 410 | Pakistan | 2006 |
The biggest partnership in test cricket history
| batting partnership | Run | Against | Year |
| Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) | 624 | South Africa | 2006 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka) | 576 | India | 1997 |
| Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones (New Zealand) | 467 | Sri Lanka | 1999 |
| Joe Root and Harry Brook (England) | 454 | Pakistan | 2024 |
