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Joe Root achieves what no batter has done in 147 years of Test cricket, becomes first batter to score 2,000 fourth-innings runs

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In an impressive display of skill, Joe Root not only surpassed two thousand runs in fourth innings but also became the first cricketer to net one thousand Test runs at Edgbaston. His unbeaten sixty-two propelled England to victory against Pakistan, marking his sixty-ninth Test fifty—an achievement that puts him ahead of Sachin Tendulkar in the record books. Root continues to break records and redefine Test cricket achievement.

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