Former captain overtakes Alastair Cook as England’s top run-scorer before going on to score 35th Test century
England's Joe Root celebrates after scoring a century during the third day of the first Test against Pakistan at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty ImagesJoe Root smashed an unbeaten century after overtaking Alastair Cook as England’s top run-scorer in Test cricket and guided the team to 351 for three at tea on the third day of their opening match against Pakistan on Wednesday.
Root got to his fifty earlier with an inside edge and the 33-year-old survived a loud lbw appeal to go past Cook's record and into the top-five in the all-time list behind Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar.All in the Game: Blunty McBluntface racks up the likes for James Blunt
Duckett, who dislocated his left thumb while taking a catch and was unable to open on Tuesday, showed no signs of the issue as he took to the crease and smashed spinner Abrar Ahmed out of the attack temporarily with three boundaries in the 30th over.
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