Root overtakes Sir Alastair Cook's total of 12,472 on day three in Multan when his score reached 71, with him later extending his record of Test hundreds.
Joe Root has become England's leading Test match run-scorer of all time. The 33-year-old overtook Sir Alastair Cook's total of 12,472 on day three of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan. He passed the milestone as he reached 71 runs in the match and finished the day unbeaten on 176 - the 35th Test century of his career. With Harry Brook not out on 141 and England on 492-3, the tourists trail by 64 runs going into the fourth day, with seven wickets left.
Root made his Test debut against India in 2012 and made his first century against New Zealand at Headingley the following year. His highest Test match score is the 254 he struck against Pakistan at Emirates Old Trafford in July 2016, one of five times he has reached 200 in the format. Sky Sports Cricket commentator Michael Atherton summed up Root's career as '12 years of excellence'.
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