Archive · 18 Jul 2025
Joe Root Poised to Become Second Highest Test Run-Scorer
Joe Root, a famous cricket player, is close to making history!
He's just 120 runs away from becoming the second-highest run-scorer ever in Test cricket, a type of long-form cricket.
To get there, he needs to score those runs in the next match against India.
He has already scored over 13,000 runs in his career.
If he does well in the next game, he'll pass Ricky Ponting and move up the all-time list!
The top scorer is Sachin Tendulkar.
Joe Root is nearing the second-highest run scorer in Test cricket history.
He needs 120 runs to surpass Ricky Ponting.
Root has scored 253 runs at an average of 50.60 in three Tests of the series.
He currently has 13,259 runs, placing him fifth all-time in Test runs.
Root has a strong record at Manchester, with 978 runs in 11 Tests.
- Who
- Joe Root, a veteran England batter.
- What
- Joe Root is nearing the second-highest run scorer in Test cricket history.
- When
- During the fourth Test against India in Manchester.
- Where
- Manchester, England.
- Why
- To become the second-highest run-scorer in Test history.
- Runs needed to surpass Ponting
- 120
- Current rank in all-time Test runs
- 5th
- Total Test runs
- 13,259
- Average
- 50.80
- Test centuries
- 37
- Tests played
- 156
- Root's Manchester Runs
- 978