Cricket News: The first match of the three-Test series between England and Pakistan is being played in Leeds. Till the second day of play of this match, the host team has taken a lead of 195 runs in the first innings. England's legendary batsman Joe Root has achieved a big achievement in the Leeds Test against Pakistan. He equaled the great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar by scoring his 68th fifty in the Test, but he missed out on joining Virat Kohli's exclusive club by just 1 run.
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In fact, Joe Root played an inning of 66 runs in the Leeds Test against Pakistan, if he had scored one more run, he would have joined Virat Kohli in the list of players who have scored at least 10,000 runs in all three formats including Test, ODI and T20, whose batting average in all formats combined is more than 50. England captain Root played an inning of 66 runs in 112 balls. During this period he also hit 10 fours. But, in the 45th over, Root was declared LBW out on the ball of Khurram Shahzad. After this innings his average has become 49.99. He missed completing the average of 50 by just 1 run.
Highest average in international cricket (at least 10,000 runs in all formats)
52.71 – Virat Kohli
49.99 – Joe Root*
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49.10 – Jacques Kallis
49.00 – Michael Hussey
48.75 – Viv Richards
48.52 – Sachin Tendulkar
48.12 – Kane Williamson
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48.11 – AB de Villiers
47.77 – Steve Smith