England’s Joe Root etched his name into the history books by becoming the third fa🌳stest batter tꦇo reach the 11,000-run mark in Tests.
He achieved the feat after hammering his 58th Test fifty against Ireland on June 2, 2023.
Notably, Root is the♐ only English cricketerꦇ to feature in the list.
On that note, Here’s the complete list:
1) Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
The former Sri Lanka skip🐎per achieved the milestone in the 122nd Test match.
Sangakkara slammed 12400 runs in hi🐲s Test career, comprising 38 tons.
2) Brian Lara (West Indies)
West Indies legend Brian L💃ara touched 1ღ1,000 run landmark in 121 matches.
Lara retired from the format with 1195𝓡3 ꧂runs and 34 hundreds.
3) Joe Root (England)
Joe Root reached the 11,000-run mark in hᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚis 130th Test match.
He slammed 29 centuries in the process.
4) Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Ricky Ponting touched the 11,000 run𒁏 mark in 132 matches.
He retiredܫ from the format with 13378 runs and 41 hundreds.
