Root breaks records with twin tons at Lord's

Joe Root has passed Alastair Cook's tally of Test tons, and is closing in on his Test runs • Getty Images

Sampath Bandarupalli, September 1 — 34 Hundreds in Test cricket for Joe Root, the most by any England batter, surpassing Alastair Cook. He achieved the record with his second century in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's.

5 Batters with more centuries than Root in Test cricket - Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45), Ricky Ponting (41), Kumar Sangakkara (38) and Rahul Dravid (36). Root is level with Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene, and Younis Khan on 34 Test hundreds.

4 Players with hundreds in both innings of a Lord's Test. George Headley scored 106 and 107 for West Indies against England in 1939, Graham Gooch did it against India in 1990, Michael Vaughan against West Indies in 2004, and now Root against Sri Lanka.

1 The Lord's Test was the first time Root scored two centuries in a Test match. His second-innings ton, off 111 balls, was the fastest of his 34 Test hundreds. His previous fastest was off 116 deliveries against New Zealand at Trent Bridge in 2022.

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2022 Root's Test runs at Lord's, now the highest after surpassing Gooch's 2015. Root's 2022 runs at Lord's is the fifth-highest aggregate by a batter at a venue in Test cricket.

7 Root's Test hundreds at Lord's, the most at the venue.

6733 Root's Test aggregate at home. He is now the leading run-getter in Tests in England (and Wales), going past Cook's tally of 6568.

50 Hundreds for Root in international cricket - 34 in Tests and 16 in ODIs. He is the first from England and only the ninth in international cricket with 50 or more hundreds.

200 Number of catches Root has taken in Test cricket, after catching Nishan Madushka and Pathum Nissanka on the third day at Lord's. He's joint third with Jacques Kallis and only ten behind the leader Rahul Dravid.