Joe Root’s 13,000 milestone headlines England’s record-breaking day vs Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge | Cricket News

Joe Root of England bats watched by Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Tafadzwa Tsiga. (Getty Images)

England’s dominance on the opening day of their one-off Test towards Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge was not simply in regards to the scoreboard. It was a day etched in file books, with Joe Root surpassing Jacques Kallis to turn into the quickest to 13,000 Test runs, and England’s high three – Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope – all scoring centuries in a cruel show of ‘Bazball’ batting.Root, who wanted 28 runs to achieve the coveted mark, achieved the feat in his 153rd Test, eclipsing Kallis’ earlier file of 159 Tests. The 34-year-old reached the milestone with a single off Victor Nyauchi within the eightieth over. Though his innings ended shortly after on 34, caught off a brief ball from Blessing Muzarabani, Root grew to become solely the fifth batter in historical past to breach 13,000 Test runs. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Root now trails solely Sachin Tendulkar (15,921), Ricky Ponting (13,378), Jacques Kallis (13,289), and Rahul Dravid (13,288), with Tendulkar’s file inside hanging distance.Who’s that IPL participant?But Root’s achievement was just one spotlight in a day overflowing with batting milestones.Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley tormented a younger Zimbabwean bowling assault, sharing a 231-run opening stand – England’s highest at house since 1960. Duckett, enjoying at his house floor, introduced up his fifth Test ton with a 134-ball 140, whereas Crawley ended a lean patch with a fluent 124 – his first hundred in 28 innings.Ollie Pope then continued the onslaught, racing to 169* off 163 balls by stumps. His innings marked his third consecutive century at Trent Bridge and helped England end on a staggering 498/3 – their highest ever opening-day complete at house.

For the primary time since Rawalpindi 2022, England’s high three all registered a whole bunch on the identical day, underscoring the firepower of their aggressive Test strategy. While Zimbabwe entered the competition buoyed by a current win over Bangladesh, the gulf at school was evident all through the day.