Enormous task but Root looks as though he's got years and years left in the game.
Alistair Cook thinks if he stays injury free he will, tend to agree
Will anyone catch Root if he goes top?
He's well clear of the players still playing, and will the next generation play as much Test cricket? Root 12513 Smith 9685 Kohli 8947 Williamson 8881
I'd be surprised if even someone like Jaiswal would play enough tests to get close to what Root is currently on, let alone Sachin/Root's future record.
Enormous task but Root looks as though he's got years and years left in the game.
Alistair Cook thinks if he stays injury free he will, tend to agree
Will anyone catch Root if he goes top?
He's well clear of the players still playing, and will the next generation play as much Test cricket? Root 12513 Smith 9685 Kohli 8947 Williamson 8881
Seems unlikely with the decline in the amount of tests. I guess the fact that a younger English generation score quicker could have an effect but not by much. Brook would probably be most likely as he started quite young and has a high strike rate but still seems unlikely
Cannot begin to understand how tired both batters must be. It may be an absolute road but to not chip one into someone’s hand after batting all day and some of last night like Root has is seriously impressive.
Cannot begin to understand how tired both batters must be. It may be an absolute road but to not chip one into someone’s hand after batting all day and some of last night like Root has is seriously impressive.
Less than 20 minutes left in day 3 and Joe Root has been on the field / in the middle for all but 8 balls of it.
Quote from an analyst quoted by the BBC text commentary: "This pitch currently has a PitchViz rating of 2.6. That makes it the fifth-flattest pitch in the ball-tracking era in the first three days of a Test and the second-flattest in a Test that England have been involved in after the Hamilton Test v New Zealand in 2019."
TBH I have no idea how you measure the flatness of a pitch statistically, nor of how far back the ball-tracking era goes (presumably they're using info on turn, seam and variability of bounce that has only been collected relatively recently). But the suggestion seems to be it's not just very flat, but ridiculously so.
It looked like a road before a ball was bowled. I don't recall seeing a pitch like that since my childhood when it wasn't uncommon for teams to score 500/600.
It looked like a road before a ball was bowled. I don't recall seeing a pitch like that since my childhood when it wasn't uncommon for teams to score 500/600.
Yes, it's like those Asian pitches from 30/40 years ago, where the batsmen would slowly rack up massive tons in incredibly dull games.
Rahul Dravid next on the list now he has gone past Cook. 1 Sachin Tendulkar 15921 2 Ricky Pointing 13378 3 Jacques Kallis 13289 4 Rahul Dravid. 13288 5. Joe Root 12474
He's already added 104 more runs since this post. With another test to come in Multan and then 4 more tests in 2024, he might not be too far away from Dravid/Kallis by the end of this year.
Enormous task but Root looks as though he's got years and years left in the game.
Alistair Cook thinks if he stays injury free he will, tend to agree
Will anyone catch Root if he goes top?
He's well clear of the players still playing, and will the next generation play as much Test cricket? Root 12513 Smith 9685 Kohli 8947 Williamson 8881
Seems unlikely with the decline in the amount of tests. I guess the fact that a younger English generation score quicker could have an effect but not by much. Brook would probably be most likely as he started quite young and has a high strike rate but still seems unlikely
Agreed it is unlikely, and also worth noting it is very difficult for players from other nations to get close as they play much fewer tests.
For instance on that list Root has played 147 tests Smith 109 Kohli 115 Williamson 102
Take nothing away from Root though a very impressive feat.
It looked like a road before a ball was bowled. I don't recall seeing a pitch like that since my childhood when it wasn't uncommon for teams to score 500/600.
Yes, it's like those Asian pitches from 30/40 years ago, where the batsmen would slowly rack up massive tons in incredibly dull games.
Got to be a pitch investigation surely? This isn't just a road it's a motorway. The likes of Shaheen and Naseem Shah are never going to develop on pitches this flat.
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Enormous task but Root looks as though he's got years and years left in the game.
He's well clear of the players still playing, and will the next generation play as much Test cricket?
Root 12513
Smith 9685
Kohli 8947
Williamson 8881
Root 176* (277)
Brook 141* (173)
TBH I have no idea how you measure the flatness of a pitch statistically, nor of how far back the ball-tracking era goes (presumably they're using info on turn, seam and variability of bounce that has only been collected relatively recently). But the suggestion seems to be it's not just very flat, but ridiculously so.
I don't recall seeing a pitch like that since my childhood when it wasn't uncommon for teams to score 500/600.
For instance on that list
Root has played 147 tests
Smith 109
Kohli 115
Williamson 102
Take nothing away from Root though a very impressive feat.
200 up for Brook
Partnership is now approaching 400.
411 is the record partnership for England.
May and Cowdrey V Windies 1957, Edgbaston.
Root and Brook have gone past Stokes and Bairstow who shared 399 in Cape town 2016.
Lunch: 409 partnership and 3 runs short of record.
658 for 3 including a Duck !