England's Joe Root completes 7000+ Runs in Test Cricket Thursday Sep 12,2019

Day One Thursday Sep 12,2019 5th Test @ The Oval against Australia in the 2019 Ashes Series

 

Joe Root became the 12th Englishman to reach 7,000 Test runs and is the third youngest player to reach the landmark.

Only Alastair Cook and Sachin Tendulkar were younger.

Only three England players have scored 7,000 runs in fewer innings than Joe Root's 158 (Wally Hammond - 131, Kevin Pietersen - 150, Alastair Cook - 151)

In the ongoing 2019 Ashes series, Joe Root bagged three ducks including two golden ducks. In this process, he became the first England skipper with three ducks in a Test series.

Youngest batsmen to score 7000 Test runs -

1. 27y 346d - Alastair Cook
2. 28y 193d - Sachin Tendulkar
3. 28y 256d - Joe Root

7000 plus Test runs for England -

1. 12472 - Alastair Cook
2. 8900 - Graham Gooch
3. 8463 - Alec Stewart
4. 8231 - David Gower
5. 8181 - Kevin Pietersen
6. 8114 - Geoff Boycott
7. 7728 - Michael Atherton
8. 7727 - Ian Bell
9. 7624 - Colin Cowdrey
10. 7249 - Wally Hammond
11. 7037 - Andrew Strauss
12. 7022 - Joe Root