Ashes 2021 LIVE: Joe Root- England captain Joe Root on Friday scripted a new record on Friday. He became the highest ever run-scorer for England in a calendar year. He went past Michael Vaughan who had amassed 1481 runs in 17 innings. In fact, Root took fewer innings than the former England captain. The former reached the landmark in just 14 innings. As a result, Root has joined the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Clarke into the top 10 list. Follow Ashes 2021 live updates on InsideSport.IN
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- Joe Root looked rock-solid in his second innings after failing big in 1st inns at Gabba, Brisbane. He brought up his fifty from 113 balls which featured 8 boundaries.
- He finished the day unbeaten on 86 and shared 150+ partnership with Dawid Malan and lead England’s fightback in the final session of Day 3.
- The England captain is the second-highest run-scorer for England in Tests after Alaister Cook. He has scored 9200+ runs in 109 Test matches.
- He has scored the most runs in Tests this year. No player has even completed 1000 runs. Rohit Sharma is placed second in the list with 900+ runs.
| Player | Year | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) | 2006 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1788 | 202 | 99.33 | 2854 | 62.64 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 222 | 12 |
| IVA Richards (WI) | 1976 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 1710 | 291 | 90.00 | 1584+ | 72.85* | 7 | 5 | 0 | 179+ | 7 |
| GC Smith (SA) | 2008 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 1656 | 232 | 72.00 | 2516 | 65.81 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 215 | 4 |
| MJ Clarke (AUS) | 2012 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1595 | 329* | 106.33 | 2418 | 65.96 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 189 | 6 |
| SR Tendulkar (INDIA) | 2010 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 1562 | 214 | 78.10 | 2794 | 55.90 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 181 | 10 |
| SM Gavaskar (INDIA) | 1979 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 1555 | 221 | 59.80 | 2433+ | 47.43* | 5 | 8 | 0 | 177+ | 3+ |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 2005 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 1544 | 207 | 67.13 | 2518 | 61.31 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 178 | 11 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 2003 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1503 | 257 | 100.20 | 2494 | 60.26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 180 | 7 |
| JE Root (ENG) | 2021 | 13* | 25 | 2 | 1500 | 228 | 65.21 | 2587 | 57.98 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 160 | 3 |
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