Pak vs England- Joe Root 50 wickets: Joe Root on Monday became the first England cricketer to pick up 50 Test wickets and also score 10,000 runs. The former England skipper joins former Australia skipper Steve Waugh and South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis in elite list to have achieved the feat. Pakistan batsman Faheem Ashraf was Joe Root’s 50th Test victim. Watch PAK ENG LIVE Streaming on SonyLIV & Follow PAKISTAN vs ENGLAND LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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Joe Root completed 50 Test wickets while playing his 126th match against Pakistan. In 126 matches, Root has 10,629 runs which includes 28 centuries. Former Australia skipper Steven Waugh has 10,927 runs from 168 matches played by him. He also picked up 92 wickets. Jacques Kallis meanwhile played 166 Test matches for South Africa scoring 13,289 runs. The legendary all-rounder completed his Test career with 92 wickets in the longest format of the game.
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Joe Root is the only player from ‘Fab Four’ to join unique list
Joe Root played as a specialist batsman for England and occasionally rolled his arm. He is considered to be part of ‘Fab Four’ which included Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson.
However, he is slowly beginning to pull himself apart from the rest of the three by claiming the all-rounder status. Root is the only one amongst the four to reach the 10,000 runs mark and also pick 50 wickets in his Test career. The best bowling figure of his test career is 5/8 which he picked against India in Ahmedabad last month.
The Road to 15,00o runs and 150 wickets
Joe Root is currently the 12th-highest run-getter in Test format. He has scored over 10,000 runs at an average of 49.66 including 28 centuries and 55 half-centuries. He is only the second Englishman to get past the 10,000-run mark in Tests after former skipper Alastair Cook (12,474). He is just 31 and still has at least 6-7 years of cricket left in him.
With the age by his side, Root stands the chance of breaking the 15,00 run-mark and and also reach 150 wickets mark. If he continues to pile on runs he is on teh course of beating Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of runs.
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