Joe Root on the verge of history, Ricky Ponting’s all-time record in sight
Joe Root, the captain of England, is set to take on Pakistan at Headingley beginning Wednesday. He requires seventy-nine runs to eclipse Ricky Ponting's esteemed home Test record and is striving to become England's highest run-scorer at Headingley. With just a stone's throw from twelve thousand international runs accumulated on English grounds, this series signifies an important evolution in…
Joe Root is on the cusp of breaking Ricky Ponting's all-time record for the most Test runs scored at home. With the first Test of England's three-match series against Pakistan at Headingley, Root will lead his home country in his 87th Test match. To surpass Ponting's record of 7,578 runs, Root needs just 79 more runs in the opening Test.
This would make him the leading run-scorer at home across all formats. Root has already played 11 Tests at Headingley, scoring 763 runs, and he is on the verge of becoming England's leading run-scorer in the city with 135 runs in the first Test. He currently holds the distinction of being England's leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs, with a total of 11,834 international runs scored in England.
Root's return to the England captaincy follows Ben Stokes' retirement, while Stephen Fleming takes over as Test head coach.
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