Joe Root Breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s Test Half-Century Record

Joe Root is a famous cricketer who plays for England.

In a Test match against Pakistan, he scored another half-century.

A half-century means scoring at least 50 runs.

This was Root’s 69th half-century in Test cricket.

He passed Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored 68 half-centuries.

Root had matched Tendulkar’s record in the first Test of the series.

The new record was achieved during the third Test at Edgbaston.

Root is also England’s highest run scorer in Test cricket.