Root becomes second English cricketer to reach 10,000 Test runs

Joe Root became the 14th player in cricket history and the second England player to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket.

Root achieved the incredible feat on the fourth day of the first Test against New Zealand at Lords's. He nudged the ball off Tim Southee to deep square to complete a brace to achieve a double milestone – 26th Test hundred and 10,000 Test ruins. 

He also became the second Englishman after Alastair Cook to score 10,000 Test runs and is not too far away from eclipsing him as England's highest run-getter in Tests.

Root became the 14th member of the 10k runs club and the first since 2017 – Younis Khan was the last player to breach the barrier during the Test series against West Indies.

India legend Sunil Gavaskar in 1987 was the first player to get to the mark and since then Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Mahela Jayawardena, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kumar Sangakkara, Alastair Cook, Yonis Khan and now Joe Root have reached the milestone.