Joe Root has a chance to create history in Christchurch Test, no English cricketer could make this record in 147 years
New Zealand vs England 1st Test: The first match of the three-Test series between New Zealand and England will start from Thursday (28 November) in Christchurch. According to Indian time, this match will be played from 3.30 am. England's legendary batsman Joe Root will have a chance to make some special records in this match.
150 test matches
This will be the 150th match of Root's Test career. He will become the fourth cricketer from England and tenth in the world to play 150 or more matches in this format. For England, only James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Alastair Cook have reached this figure.
13000 test runs
If Root scores 246 runs in this match, he will become the first player from England and the fifth player in the world to score 13000 or more runs in Test cricket. Root has scored 12754 runs in 272 innings of 149 Tests. Till now only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid have achieved this feat.
Opportunity to match Rahul Dravid
If Root scores a century in this match, he will jointly rank fifth with Rahul Dravid in the list of players who have scored the most centuries in Test cricket. Root has scored 35 centuries in this cricket so far, while Dravid has 36 centuries in his name.
100 fifty plus score
If Root scores even a half-century, he will become the first player in the 147-year history of Test cricket to score 100 fifty plus scores in Test cricket. He has scored 35 centuries and 64 half-centuries so far in this format. Till now only Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting have achieved this feat in international cricket.
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