England got a historic win on Pakistan soil. Joe Root and Harry Brook shared great feats by scoring double and triple centuries in the Run Hills match. Let’s take a look at Root and Brook’s record in England’s innings and 47-run win.
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England became the first team to score 800 or more runs in a Test against Pakistan. Earlier, West Indies scored the highest runs in an innings against Pakistan. In 1958, the Caribbean scored 790 runs for the loss of 3 wickets at Kingston.
England’s first innings score of 823 is the highest by any team in Pakistan. Earlier in 2009 in Karachi, Sri Lanka scored 765 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.
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Joe Root and Harry Brooke made a partnership of 454 runs in the first innings. Which is the highest run pair in the history of England in Tests. Earlier, Peter May and Colin Cowdrey made a partnership of 411 runs for the fourth wicket. Which was the highest so far.
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Root and Brook came first in the list of highest runs for the fourth wicket pair or below. This record was previously held by Adam Voggs and Sean Marsh. The two put on a 449-run stand against the West Indies at Hobart in 2015.
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This is the third time that two batsmen have scored 250 or more runs in the same Test innings. Hunte and Sir Gary Sobers scored 250 or more in the same innings for the first time in 1958 against Pakistan. This happened for the second time by two Lankan legends Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. The two played 250 not out in the same innings against South Africa in 2006.
England’s Root and Brooke have the second most double centuries in the same innings. Earlier, Graeme Flower and Mike Gatting scored double centuries in the same innings against India in Chennai in 1985.
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Root and Brook are the first English batsmen to score 300 or more runs twice in Tests. The duo also put on a 302-run stand for the fourth wicket against New Zealand in Wellington in 2023 before achieving this feat against Pakistan. Before Root and Brook, only eight pairs in Test history had scored 300 or more runs multiple times.
Brooke’s triple century is the second fastest in Tests. He made his triple hundred off 310 balls. Before him is India’s Virender Sehwag. In 2008, Sehwag scored three hundred off 278 balls against South Africa. Sehwag and Brooke were preceded by Wally Hammond’s fastest triple century. In 1933 against New Zealand he reached 300 off 355 balls.
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6 Pakistani bowlers scored a hundred or more in England’s first innings at Multan. Bulawayo saw such a shameful record of six bowlers in the last innings. Six bowlers of Zimbabwe scored these runs in the Test between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
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There was only one maiden over in England’s innings which was bowled by Shaheen Afridi. He did not give any run in the 5th over of the innings. Besides, there was no maiden over in the entire match. This is the first time in a Test innings that only one over in 150 overs (900 balls) did not get a run. Test cricket last saw such an event in 1939. Against England, South Africa bowled an 8-ball one-over maiden in an innings of 709 balls.
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Harry Brook’s innings of 317 is England’s first triple century in 34 years. No one else could score a century during this period. Before Brooke, Graham Gooch was the last to score a triple century for England at Lord’s in 1990.
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Brook scored a century in each of the four Tests played in Pakistan. Brook is the only cricketer to have scored a century in four consecutive Tests on Pakistan soil. And Brook is fifth in terms of scoring a century in four consecutive matches against Pakistan. Prior to that, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis, David Warner and Kane Williamson scored four consecutive centuries against Pakistan.
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Root now has the highest three double centuries among touring nations on Asian soil. The previous two were against two Asian nations India and Sri Lanka in 2021. Root is the third batsman to score a double century in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Earlier this feat was done by Sehwag and Jayawardene.
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