NEW DELHI: Joe Root achieved a significant milestone during the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s, equaling Alastair Cook’s England record of 33 Test centuries. Despite a nervous moment on 99, Root elegantly guided Lahiru Kumara for a boundary to reach his hundred off 162 deliveries.Root’s innings came to an…
NEW DELHI: After England’s five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, captain Ollie Pope praised batters Joe Root and Jamie Smith for their match-winning performances, calling Root a “greedy Yorkshire man” for his insatiable hunger for runs.Root played a crucial role with a composed half-century during a tense run-chase, while Smith’s maiden Test century in the first…
NEW DELHI: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Joe Root could surpass Sachin Tendulkar‘s record of Test runs, provided the Englishman maintains his current form and hunger for the next four years. Root recently crossed the 12,000-run mark during the Edgbaston Test against the West Indies, becoming the seventh batter to achieve this milestone in…
NEW DELHI: Cricket is no stranger to interruptions — rain delays, pitch invaders, sight screen issues, injuries, and equipment changes have all been part of the game. However, a new kind of disruption occurred during the second Test between England and the West Indies at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.During the match, a ‘unicorn balloon‘ unexpectedly drifted…
NEW DELHI: Former England captain Michael Vaughan has commended Joe Root for his exceptional batting skills, suggesting that Root has the potential to surpass Sachin Tendulkar‘s record for the highest number of runs scored by a batter in the history of men’s Test cricket.Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 15,921 Test runs stands as one of cricket’s…
The fear factor around the Pakistan team that a generation grew up watching revolved around their incredible bowling attack. Still, each world-beating Pakistan unit invariably had a couple of terrific batters – be it Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saeed Anwar, Mohammed Yousuf or Younis Khan. After a period of being in the doldrums in the 2010s,…
