England's Joe Root surpasses 1,000 Test runs at Edgbaston: Stats
What's the story
England's Joe Root has attained a new milestone in Test cricket. Root has become the first player to complete 1,000 runs at Edgbaston. He came into the third England vs Pakistan Test match at Edgbaston with 948 runs. With his 52nd run of the contest, he reached the landmark. Root scored 8 runs in the match's 2nd innings and has hit a fifty in the 4th.
Runs
9th fifty-plus score for Root at Edgbaston
From 11 matches (20 innings), Root has amassed 1,000-plus runs at an average of 62-plus, as per Cricinfo.
He has slammed three hundreds and six fifties.
Versus Pakistan at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Root played one match before this and scored 65 runs. He hit scored worth 3 and 62 in that match.
And now, he recorded his 2nd fifty against Pakistan at this venue.
Numbers
Root slams his 69th fifty in Tests
Versus Pakistan, Root has now scored 1,630-plus runs from 21 matches (36 innings) at 51-plus.
He owns 2 tons and 9 fifties.
Overall in the format for England, Root owns a whopping 14,265-plus runs from 169 matches (309 innings) at an average of 50-plus.
In addition to 41 hundreds, Root has hit 69 fifties.
Over 7,650 of his runs have come in England at 53-plus.