Joe Root has added his name to yet another remarkable list of players in Test cricket with an unbeaten 73 off 106 balls on day two of the ongoing second Test between New Zealand and England. Root has become the first player from England to register a hundred fifty-plus scores in Test cricket.
Notably, Root is only the fourth player in the history of red-ball international cricket to score a hundred fifty-plus scores. Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Sachin Tendulkar are the other three players who have achieved the feat in Test cricket.
Most fifty-plus scores in Test cricket
| Player | 50+ scores |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 119 |
| Jacques Kallis | 103 |
| Ricky Ponting | 103 |
| Joe Root | 100 |
More to follow………….
