Joe Root achieves what no batter has done in 147 years of Test cricket, becomes first batter to score 2,000 fourth-innings runs

During the same innings, he became the first batter to score more than 1,000 Test runs at the Birmingham venue. The innings was his 69th Test fifty, moving him to the top of the all-time list for half-centuries. That took him past India's batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who finished his Test career with 68 fifties.Root now leads the list with 69, followed by Tendulkar on 68 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul on 66. There is another remarkable aspect to that record: Root reached his 69 fifties in fewer Test innings than Tendulkar needed to reach 68.The 62 not out was also Root's 110th Test innings in which he scored at least 50 runs. Reuters confirmed the Edgbaston innings as his 110th Test score of 50 or more.

Source: Times of India September 13, 2026 09:40 UTC