Joe Root equals Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most fifties in Test cricket
Joe Root achieved a significant milestone by equaling Sachin Tendulkar's record for most Test half-centuries. He scored his 68th fifty during England's first Test against Pakistan at Headingley. Root and Cox built a crucial partnership to give England a first-innings lead. England's pace bowlers, Robinson and Tongue, took five wickets each to dismiss Pakistan. The team secured a first-innings…
Joe Root matched Sachin Tendulkar's record for the most half-centuries in Test cricket during England's first Test against Pakistan at Headingley on Thursday. Root's 68th Test fifty, scored off 112 balls, saw him equal Tendulkar's all-time list at the top. The achievement came on a significant day for Root, as he returned to England's Test captaincy following Ben Stokes' retirement.
Root, playing alongside Jordan Cox, put England in command of the match by contributing a century partnership. Although Root fell for 66, his milestone of 68 fifties in Tests now matches Tendulkar's record. England's pace attack, led by Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue, dominated Pakistan's batting line-up, dismissing the visitors for 171 and securing a first-innings lead.
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