ENG vs NZ: Follow England vs New Zealand live updates – England’s man of the hour, Joe Root was given a hero’s welcome in the team dressing room at Lord’s for his spectacular performance in the first Test against New Zealand. Not only did he play a match-winning knock in this game, but he also reached a significant feat. Follow ENG vs NZ live updates, England vs New Zealand live updates on InsideSport.IN.
Notably, Root played an incredible knock of unbeaten 115 runs from 170 deliveries, which helped England chase down the target set by the Kiwis. With this knock, he also became the second English cricketer to score 10,000+ runs in Test cricket, behind only Sir Alastair Cook.
ENG vs NZ: Joe Root given HERO’S welcome in the England dressing room after spectacular knock, teammates congratulate on SPECIAL record – Watch Video
A hero’s welcome for @Root66! 👏
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 5, 2022
What makes Root’s achievement even more special is that he is the first batter in Test history to complete 10,000 runs in less than 10 years. Besides that, among the current ‘Fab 4‘ of Root, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Babar Azam, the Englishman become the first player to attain five-figure runs tally in the longest format of the game.
Quite understandably, the English dressing room was ecstatic while welcoming their star after his match-winning knock. Meanwhile, as far as the game is concerned, the Three Lions had a good start to their new era, under the captaincy of Ben Stokes and the stewardship of Brendon McCullum.
ENG vs NZ: Joe Root given HERO’S welcome in the England dressing room after spectacular knock, teammates congratulate on SPECIAL record – Watch Video
Though they were all out for 141 in the second innings and chased a big total of 277 runs in the second innings, McCullum’s men had the nerves to get over the line, thanks to Root’s magic. The former English Test skipper’s knock helped England go from 69/4 to 279/5.
Most runs in Test cricket:
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Tendulkar (INDIA) | 1989-2013 | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 68 | 14 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 1995-2012 | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 51.85 | 41 | 62 | 17 |
| JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | 1995-2013 | 166 | 280 | 40 | 13289 | 224 | 55.37 | 45 | 58 | 16 |
| R Dravid (ICC/INDIA) | 1996-2012 | 164 | 286 | 32 | 13288 | 270 | 52.31 | 36 | 63 | 8 |
| AN Cook (ENG) | 2006-2018 | 161 | 291 | 16 | 12472 | 294 | 45.35 | 33 | 57 | 9 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 2000-2015 | 134 | 233 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 57.40 | 38 | 52 | 11 |
| BC Lara (ICC/WI) | 1990-2006 | 131 | 232 | 6 | 11953 | 400* | 52.88 | 34 | 48 | 17 |
| S Chanderpaul (WI) | 1994-2015 | 164 | 280 | 49 | 11867 | 203* | 51.37 | 30 | 66 | 15 |
| DPMD Jayawardene (SL) | 1997-2014 | 149 | 252 | 15 | 11814 | 374 | 49.84 | 34 | 50 | 15 |
| AR Border (AUS) | 1978-1994 | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 | 50.56 | 27 | 63 | 11 |
| SR Waugh (AUS) | 1985-2004 | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 | 51.06 | 32 | 50 | 22 |
| SM Gavaskar (INDIA) | 1971-1987 | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34 | 45 | 12 |
| Younis Khan (PAK) | 2000-2017 | 118 | 213 | 19 | 10099 | 313 | 52.05 | 34 | 33 | 19 |
| JE Root (ENG) | 2012-2022 | 118 | 218 | 16 | 10015 | 254 | 49.57 | 26 | 53 | 11 |
ENG vs NZ: Joe Root given HERO’S welcome in the England dressing room after spectacular knock, teammates congratulate on SPECIAL record – Watch Video
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