NEW DELHI: Harry Brook and Joe Root have achieved an unprecedented feat Test cricket Story on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan. Their remarkable partnership of 454 runs broke previous records and set a new benchmark for batting excellence.
The English team’s batting performance was nothing short of extraordinary as they scored an incredible 823 runs while losing seven wickets before declaring their innings. This monumental result showed the team’s batting prowess and their ability to dominate the opposition bowlers.
Total points
It was the fourth time a team had scored more than 800 runs – and the first time this century. Only three totals have been greater: Sri Lanka’s 952-6 against India in 1997; England’s 903-7 declared against Australia in 1938; and England’s 849 all-out against the West Indies in 1930
Highest partnership against Pakistan in Test cricket
The highest partnerships against Pakistan in Test cricket are led by Joe Root and Harry Brook, who set a new record with a score of 454 runs for England at Multan in 2024. This surpassed the previous high of 446 runs by Conrad Hunte of the West Indies and Garry Sobers in Kingston, 1958. They are followed by the 437-run partnership between Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka and Thilan Samaraweera in Karachi, 2009. Also, India’s Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag are on this list with their 410-strong stand in Lahore, 2006.
Joe Root
Root became England’s top run-scorer in Test cricket with a career-high of 262, surpassing Alastair Cook. This achievement moved him to fifth place on the all-time list of Test run-scorers, behind only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid.
Harry Brooks
Harry Brook surpassed Joe Root with a stunning knock of 317 to take him 20th in the list of highest individual scores in Test cricket. He became the sixth Englishman to score a triple century and the first to achieve the feat since Graham Gooch in 1990.
Fastest three hundred (by balls)
The fastest triple centuries in Test cricket, measured by balls scored, are led by Virender Sehwag, who scored an incredible 300 off just 278 balls against South Africa in Chennai in 2008. Harry Brook follows with his quick 310-ball triple hundred against Pakistan in Multan, 2024. Matthew Hayden is third with his 362-ball triple century against Zimbabwe in Perth, 2003, while Sehwag makes another appearance after scoring 300 364 balls against Pakistan in Multan, 2004.
Six bowlers conceded more than 100 in a Test innings
Six Pakistan bowlers conceded more than 100 runs. It is only the second time this has happened in Tests, after Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in 2004.
Highest team total in Pakistan
England’s total is now the highest by a visiting team in Pakistan, surpassing India’s 675/5 declared against Pakistan in Multan in 2004.
Another first
England’s run rate of 5.48 is the highest among over 700 teams in a Test innings.
Triple hundred against Pakistan in Tests
Highest individual scores against Pakistan in Test cricket include Garry Sober’s unbeaten 365 at Kingston in 1958, followed by David Warner’s 335* for Australia at Adelaide in 2019. Mark Taylor scored an unbeaten 334 for Australia at Peshawar in 1998, while Virender Sehwag made 309 for India in Multan, 2004. Brook added his name to the list with a 317-run knock.
Highest partnerships in the history of Test cricket
The highest partnerships in the history of Test cricket are led by Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, who set a record with an incredible 624 runs for Sri Lanka against South Africa in Colombo in 2006. They are followed by Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama, who combined for 576 runs for Sri Lanka against India in Colombo, 1997. New Zealand’s Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones also made a name for themselves with a partnership of 467 runs against Sri Lanka in Wellington, 1999. Joe Root and Harry Brook joined this prestigious list with a remarkable 454-run-led partnership for England against Pakistan in Multan, 2024.