Root Breaks Record For Scoring Most Runs In A Year By An Englishman In Test History

Mumbai: England captain Joe Root broke the record for scoring the most runs in a calendar year by an Englishman, overtaking former England captain Michael Vaughan’s mark of 1,481 runs in 2002.

In his 25th innings of the year, Root even bettered the 1,477 Test runs he scored in 2016, and as of the day’s final season, the figure of 1,500 – reached by only seven Test players in a calendar year – was to be taken. for.

Root’s record-breaking six centuries in 2021 include a stellar start in Sri Lanka, where he scored 228 and 186 runs in successive Tests.

He chased down a score of 218 in the first Test against India in Chennai in early February before the right-handed batsman scored centuries in three straight Tests against India: 109 at Trent Bridge, 180 at Lord’s and 121 at Headingley.

But the England captain’s Ashes series began in a somewhat familiar fashion when he was dismissed for the eighth time against Josh Hazlewood, registering his fourth duck in his last eight innings against Australia.

However, in today’s second innings, the 30-year-old patiently negotiated the first Test spell of Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, scoring just one run in his first 11 balls to score 25 of his next 28.

While one of his four fours was cut through the siege of Cummins, all his other cases were England’s No. 4 cases to capitalize on Australia’s misconceptions about bowler length, and at tea, he played Vaughan. played the role of. Ka was equal to 1,481 runs in 2002.

Most Test runs in a calendar year (England)

Joe Root 2021* | 1,482 runs- in 13 matches | 6x100s | Ave: 64.43 | HS: 228

Michael Vaughan 2002 | 1,481 runs in 14 matches | 6x100s | Ave: 61.70 | HS: 197

Joe Root 2016 | 1,477 runs in 17 matches | 3x100s | Ave 49.23 | HS 254

Jonny Bairstow 2016 | 1,470 runs in 17 matches | 3x100s | Ave: 58.80 | HS: 167no

Joe Root 2015 | 1,385 runs in 14 matches | 3x100s | Ave: 60.21 | HS: 182no

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