00:00Joe Root has overtaken Sir Alistair Cook to become England's highest test run scorer of
00:07all time.
00:08Root eclipsed Cook's tally of 12,472 test runs when he hit an elegant straight drive
00:15back past Ahmad Jamal to reach 71 against Pakistan on Day 3 of the first test in Malta.
00:23The 33-year-old, who is playing in his 147th test, reached the landmark in 14 tests fewer
00:29than Cook and now sits fifth on the all-time list.
00:33He made his test debut against India in Nagpur in 2012 and since then has hit 34 test entries
00:40with a top score of 254 against Pakistan.
00:45Sheffield-born Root, who capped in England in a record 64 tests, is now only behind India's
00:51Rahul Dravid, South Africa's Jack Callis, Australia's Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar,
00:57also of India.
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