Joe Root Surpassed Alastair Cook and Became England’s Player with Most Centuries in Test Cricket

Joe Root, a 33-year-old top-order-batter, recently surpassed the record of Alastair Cook, who had the most centuries in the Test Cricket format from England in his record. Root was glad over this achievement and stated  "There's no better feeling". He scored his 33rd and 34th century in Test cricket and surpassed Cook during a test match at the Lord’s Cricket Ground (London, England) against Sri Lanka.

Read the article about Joe Root’s latest record surpassing Alastair Cook. 

Joe Root: Maximum Sixes in Test Cricket from England 2024

Joseph Edward Root, popular as Joe Root, was born on 30th December 1990. He plays for the England team and previously captained the Test Team. Joe Root, a 33-year-old top-order-batter, recently surpassed the record of Alastair Cook, who had the most centuries in the Test Cricket format from England in his record. 

He scored his 33rd and 34th century in Test cricket and surpassed Cook during a test match at the Lord’s Cricket Ground (London, England) against Sri Lanka. Root was glad over this achievement and he stated  

"There's no better feeling". 

In which match did Joe Surpass Cook’s record?

Joe Root smashed a century in England & Sri Lanka’s game. It was the second test match at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, England. With this hundred, he became the player with the most centuries from England in the Test cricket format. Before him, this record was registered in the name of Alastair Cook. Joe Root scored 143 runs in this match’s 1st innings and his team scored 190 runs by the end. 

For this achievement, Joe Root stated:

"I just want to play. I just want to play and try and, you know do my bit for the team and score the runs that... But there's no better feeling, I mean, it's obviously amazing when, you know, you score 100 and you know, you'd be lying if you said it wasn't, a big part of why you start playing the game and what you love about it. But there's no feeling better than winning a Test match. So the more it can affect games and the more you can, you know, add to the team the greater it is. And hopefully, more days like this will come with that mentality."

The toss in this match was won by Sri Lanka who opted to ball first. England's side scored 427 runs in the first innings. Joe Root and Gus Atkinson smashed centuries and supported the England side to score huge. 

Most Test Centuries List 2024

Joe Root has been in great form in recent games. He recently bagged the first position as an England Player and the tenth position in the world on the list of maximum centuries in Test Cricket. 

This record is special as Root is the only present-day player to get a space in this list. The list of players with the most test centuries in 2024 starting from top to bottom is:

• Sachin Tendulkar - 51 Centuries
• Jacques Kallis - 45 Centuries
• Ricky Ponting - 41 Centuries
• Kumar Sangakkara - 38 Centuries
• Rahul Dravid - 36 Centuries
• Sunil Gavaskar - 34 Centuries
• Mahela Jayawardene - 34 Centuries
• Brian Lara - 34 Centuries
• Younis Khan - 34 Centuries
• Joe Root - 34 Centuries
• Alastair Cook - 33 Centuries

Joe Root bagged this position in the list with 34 centuries which is compared with that of Sachin Tendulkar, who made 35 Test centuries before turning 34. Root completed his 12000 runs in the test and became the 7th highest run-scorer of all time. 

Joe Root has a total of 50 centuries in his international cricket record. He is following Virat Kohli (80 centuries) and only these two players have achieved this record who are currently active in cricket. In this same match’s second innings, Root took his 200th catch in Test Cricket. 

Conclusion

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