{"id":103041,"date":"2024-07-27T12:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T12:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/27\/eng-vs-wi-joe-root-surpasses-brian-lara-in-major-test-record-as-england-struggle-at-edgbaston\/"},"modified":"2024-07-27T12:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T12:54:17","slug":"eng-vs-wi-joe-root-surpasses-brian-lara-in-major-test-record-as-england-struggle-at-edgbaston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/27\/eng-vs-wi-joe-root-surpasses-brian-lara-in-major-test-record-as-england-struggle-at-edgbaston\/","title":{"rendered":"ENG vs WI: Joe Root surpasses Brian Lara in major Test record as England struggle at Edgbaston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/07\/indiatv-2024-07-27t163158-1722078142.jpg?fit=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"ENG vs WI: Joe Root surpasses Brian Lara in major Test record as England struggle at Edgbaston\" title=\"ENG vs WI: Joe Root surpasses Brian Lara in major Test record as England struggle at Edgbaston\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Joe Root during the Test match against West Indies in Birmingham on July 27, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/joe-root\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Root<\/a> surpassed legendary Brian Lara&#8217;s Test runs tally during his fighting knock in the ongoing third Test match\u00a0against West Indies in Birmingham on Saturday, July 27. The English veteran went past Brian\u00a0Lara after scoring just 14 runs and is just two runs short of reaching\u00a0the 12,000 Test runs milestone\u00a0in the first innings on Day 2 at Edgbaston.\u00a0  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>England resumed their game on Day 2 but struggled for a good start with Harry Brook and Ollie Brook falling early in the first session. But Root and skipper Ben Stokes recovered England&#8217;s innings with an unbeaten 103-run\u00a0stand for the sixth wicket to take the total wot 157\/5 before lunch break.<\/p>\n<p>Root scored 58* off 81 balls while Stokes added quick 48* runs to stage England&#8217;s brilliant comeback. England are trailing\u00a0by 125 runs before the start of the second session and look to take a lead on Day 2 with Jamie Smith and Chris Woakes still come to bat.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most runs in Test cricket<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/sachin-tendulkar\" rel=\"noopener\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> (India) &#8211; 15,921 runs in 329 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Ricky Ponting (Australia) &#8211; 13,378 runs in 287 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Jacques Kallis (South Africa) &#8211; 13, 289 runs in 280 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Rahul Dravid (India) &#8211; 13,288 runs in 286 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Alastair Cook (England) &#8211; 12,472 runs in 291 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) &#8211; 12,400\u00a0runs in 233 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Joe Root (England) &#8211; 11,998\u00a0runs in 261 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Brian Lara (West Indies) &#8211; 11,953 runs in 232 innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ol>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/eng-vs-wi-joe-root-surpasses-brian-lara-in-major-test-record-as-england-struggle-at-edgbaston-2024-07-27-943951\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Joe Root during the Test match against West Indies in Birmingham on July 27, 2024 Joe Root surpassed legendary Brian Lara&#8217;s Test runs tally during his fighting knock in the ongoing third Test match\u00a0against West Indies in Birmingham on Saturday, July 27. 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