- Root has scored 1162 Test runs so far in 2024 with the help of 5 centuries. This is the fifth time he has scored 1000-plus runs in a calendar year in Test format. Joe Root’s monumental series continues as the England talisman has become the second-youngest player to score 12,000 runs in Test cricket. On the morning of Day 2 of the ongoing Edgbaston Test, Root went past Brian Lara to become the seventh-highest run-getter in Test history. Discover Joe Root's comprehensive Test run statistics against every opponent he's faced. Get his head-to-head records, centuries, and averages versus all international teams in red-ball cricket. Joe Root becomes fifth batsman to reach 13,000 runs in test Overall, Root is the fifth batter to reach the landmark of 13,000 runs in test cricket. Former Indian batting legends Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, and former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis are the other four players to reach the milestone of 13,000 runs in the longest format. Tendulkar, with 15921 runs, is the highest-ever run scorer in the longest format. Although Root is far ...
