Joe Root Overtakes Sri Lanka Legend As 6th Highest Run Getter In Tests During ENG V SL

Joe Root Surpasses Kumar Sangakkara: The England legend now goes past another iconic legend, as the storied career of Joe Root sees yet another feather added. Here are the details. Read below.

Joe Root now sits merely 70 runs away from overtaking Alastair Cook and enter the Top 5 list

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Joe Root Surpasses Kumar Sangakkara: England legend Joe Root's record-breaking cricketing summer of 2024 sees his add yet another record, as the 33-year-old surpasses Kumar Sangakkara as the 6th higest run-getter in Test internationals.

The Modern Era great achieved the feat during England's 2nd innings against Sri Lanka in the 3rd Test match at the Kennington Oval, London, but soon after achieveing the feat, he was on his way back to the pavilion for an individual score of 12.

Joe Root now has 12,402 Test runs, and need merely 70 more runs to surpass another England legend, Alastair Cook, as the all-time leading run-scorer for the country in Test Internationals.

List of players with highest runs in Test Internationals:

• 15,921 - Sachin Tendulkar
• 13,378 - Ricky Ponting
• 13,289 - Jacques Kallis
• 13,288 - Rahul Dravid
• 12,472 - Alastair Cook
• 12,402 - Joe Root
• 12,400 - Kumar Sangakkara

Joe Root has climbed past Kumar Sangakkara to become the sixth highest Test run scorer of all-time 📈

We are witnessing greatness in front of our eyes 🐐 pic.twitter.com/SonBaX1zIj

— England's Barmy Army 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) September 8, 2024

Sri Lanka On Cusp Of History At Stumps, Day 3

In the previous meeting between the sides at the very same venue, it was the Lankan Lions that walked out victorious. At the Kennigton Oval, England and Sri Lanka have only faced each other once, and this marks their second meeting at the venue.

In a series where England have all but dominated the visistors in every department, the current situation in the 3rd Test match depicts otherwise, as a batting collapse from the home side in the 3rd innings helped Sri Lanka set themselves a target of less than 250.

In their defence of 219, England were off to a rough start, as Sri Lankan openers started scoring at rapid pace, and the bulk of the scoring was done by the in-form Pathum Nissanka.

Dimuth Karunaratne had his share of history on Day 3 as well, as he became only the fourth Sri Lankan batsman to score 7000+ Test International runs, but ends his England tour with merely 108 runs in 6 innings, at an average of 18, and one fifty to his name.

At Stumps on Day 3, Sri Lanka's scorecard reads at 94/1 and need only 125 more runs to win and deny England their 6th successive Test victory.