Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Joe Root Breaks Ricky Ponting’s Home Test Run Record
Joe Root played for England against Pakistan at Lord’s.
During the match, he scored 24 runs in England’s second innings.
That score helped him pass Ricky Ponting’s record for Test runs made in Australia.
Ponting had scored 7,578 Test runs at home.
Root had earlier been dismissed for four runs in his first innings.
England had scored 290 runs before Pakistan was dismissed for 110.
This gave England a large lead in the match.
By the end of the second day, England was 261 runs ahead.
Joe Root became the leading Test run-scorer on home soil, surpassing Ricky Ponting’s 7,578 runs in Australia.
Root reached the record during a 24-run second-innings knock against Pakistan at Lord’s.
The 24 was Root’s second score of the Test, after he was dismissed for four in the first innings.
England scored 290 in their first innings before dismissing Pakistan for 110 in Pakistan’s second innings.
By the end of Day 2, England’s lead had grown to 261 runs in the second Test of the series.
- Who
- England captain Joe Root and England are playing Pakistan; Ricky Ponting previously held the home-soil Test run-scoring record.
- What
- Joe Root surpassed Ricky Ponting’s record of 7,578 Test runs in Australia and became the leading Test run-scorer on home soil.
- When
- Day 2 of the second Test.
- Where
- Lord’s Cricket Ground in London.
- Why
- Root’s 24-run second-innings score took him past Ponting’s home-soil Test run total.
- Match
- Second Test of a three-match series between England and Pakistan
- Venue
- Lord’s Cricket Ground, London
- Record
- Most Test runs on home soil
- Previous record holder
- Ricky Ponting, with 7,578 Test runs in Australia
- Joe Root’s second-innings score
- 24 runs
- Joe Root’s first-innings score
- 4 runs
- England’s lead at the end of Day 2
- 261 runs
