Joe Root: England Legend moves to another on the test leading census
Joe Root became the second highest scorer in the history of testing in the fourth match of the series with five games against India on Friday at Old Trafford.
Ex England Skipper moved to a retired Australian shiny rise pond when he arrived at 120, after overtook IndiaRahul Dravid I South AfricaJacques Kallis earlier in the day.
34-year-old, which appear in his 157. The test, passed Ponting’s Ponting, from 13,378 runs with one in the fragment, while the crowd stood to flip it and sings “Roooot”.
Minutes later, England arrived on the third day to 433-4 In response to a tourist grade in India from 358.
The Indian Sachin Tendulkar is safe for now on top, because he has achieved a mammoth of 15,921 durations in 200 tests, but Root has time on his side.
England is 2-1 above in a series, with a final test on Oval starting from next week.