Joe Root made a great record even after getting out for 15 runs, became the first England cricketer to do so in 148 years

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 28, 2025

As soon as he scored the 15th run of his innings, Root completed his 22000 runs in international cricket and became the first player from England and the ninth player in the world to do so. Before him, only greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara had achieved this feat.

Root has completed 22000 runs in 501 innings of 380 matches in international cricket. He has overtaken Brian Lara to become the third fastest player to score 22000 international runs. Lara had achieved this position in 511 innings.

22000 international runs in lowest innings

Virat Kohli- 462 innings

Sachin Tendulkar- 493 innings

Joe Root- 501 innings

Brian Lara- 511 innings

Ricky Ponting- 514 innings

Let us tell you that Root could not open his account in the first innings of this test match.

He has been England’s second most successful batsman in the current Ashes series. He has scored 234 runs in eight innings of four Tests at an average of 33.43.

It is noteworthy that in this match England defeated Australia by 4 wickets. However, Australia, which has already won the series, is ahead 3-1 after this match. This is England’s first win in Australia after 5,468 days. This is also Root’s first Test win in Australia.

On the second day, Australia had given England a target of 175 runs to win, which the team led by Ben Stokes achieved in just 32.2 overs.