Joe Root turns 34 this year and can easily play for another four to six years. He has a shot at as many as seven world records in Tests. Should Root take just four more catches, he will become No.

Can Joe Root surpass cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar in Red ... Root with a masterful century in the second Test against New Zealand, has brought the (never ending) question to fore once again.

England's ever-reliable Joe Root eclipsed Pakistan great Javed Miandad to become the leading run-scorer in Test cricket against New Zealand. Root bettered Miandad's tally of 1919 with his 1925 runs.

England star Joe Root says he considers Harry Brook to be the finest batter in Test cricket. As of last week, England boast the two top-ranked batsmen on the planet in Root and Brook, with the ...

Root is also close to another record. He needs 83 more runs to score 1500 Test runs in multiple calendar years. England's Joe Root celebrates scoring 50 runs in Wellington. (AP Photo) ...

Harry Brook overtook Joe Root on Wednesday to ... three places to seventh) make ground inside the top 10 for Test batters following strong contributions with the bat for their respective countries ...

Former England cricketers, including Alastair Cook and Michael Vaughan, have often backed Root to break Tendulkar's record of most runs in Test cricket. Tendulkar scored 15,921 runs at an average ...

Harry Brook has taken over from England team-mate Joe Root at the top of the International Cricket Council’s Test batter world rankings. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is ... a century stand between Bethell and Joe Root, but there was never any realistic ...

Only one batsman - Joe Root - had begun the Test ahead of Brook in the ICC rankings. Yet even after Root scored a century of his own in England’s 323-run win, he took issue with the algorithm.

England’s Joe Root bats during play on day four in Hamilton (Andrew Cornaga/Photosport/AP) England’s final Test of the year was heading towards a huge defeat as New Zealand moved in for the ...