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MANCHESTER: England batsman Joe Root's second-innings score of 71 not out on Monday gave him an aggregate tally for the ongoing second Test against Pakistan of 325 runs, after he made a career-best 254 in the first innings.
It was the fifth-highest aggregate by any England batsman in a Test.
England great Graham Gooch's aggregate of 456 against India at Lord's in 1990 remains the world record for most runs scored by a batsman in a Test.
Below is how Root's tally fits into the top five of most runs scored by an England batsman in a Test (total runs, player, first innings score, second innings score, opposition, venue, year):
- 456 Graham Gooch (333, 123) v India – Lord's 1990
- 375 Andrew Sandham (325, 75) v West Indies – Kingston 1933
- 364 Leonard Hutton v Australia – The Oval 1938
- 336 Walter Hammond v New Zealand – Auckland 1933
- 325 Joe Root (254, 71) v Pakistan – Old Trafford 2016
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Jul 25, 2016 06:59pm
Perhaps it could not happen if Pakistani fielders did not miss the catches of England players.
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Jul 25, 2016 09:52pm
Cook and Root together managed 506 on their own and were dismissed just once. Result- Pakistan facing their fourth biggest defeat in terms of runs.
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Jul 25, 2016 10:33pm
That is the numbers of runs Pakistan lost.
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Jul 26, 2016 10:09am
England's great Graham Gooch, first time heard 'great' for Gooch.
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