England's highest Test run scorers

We look at England's highest Test run scorers after Joe Root surpassed Alastair Cook in the all-time Test run charts.

England's highest Test run scorers

Joe Root made history against Pakistan in Multan as he eclipsed Alastair Cook's career tally of 12,472 Test runs to become England's all-time leading Test run-scorer.

The Yorkshireman achieved the feat in 147 Test matches, which is 14 fewer than Cook.

Root is the only batter in England's top 10 with a 50+ average. He made his debut in 2012 and has since hit 34 centuries, which is more than any other England player.

Graham Gooch was England's leading run-scorer for 20 years until May 2015 when Cook surpassed his total of 8,900.

Cook added a further 3,572 Test runs before his retirement in 2018, with only himself and Root reaching the milestone of 10,000+ Test runs.

Alec Stewart is the highest-scoring wicketkeeper on England's all-time run charts, totalling 8,463 runs from 133 matches.

Of current active players, Ollie Pope is second behind Joe Root, though he is yet to surpass the 3,000 mark in Test cricket.

Jaquob Crooke

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