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Joe Root has achieved a big position in Test cricket. England captain Root has become the batsman who has scored the most Test runs on home soil. He broke the record of Australian legend Ricky Ponting. Root scored 24 runs during England's second innings in the Lord's Test against Pakistan and overtook Ponting as the highest run scorer at home.

Ponting had scored 7578 runs in 154 innings. Root has scored 7594 runs in 156 innings. In this matter, India's great batsman Sachin Tendulkar is at number three. Sachin scored 7216 runs in 153 innings of home test. After this comes Mahela Jayawardene and Jacques Kallis.

Most test runs at home

• Joe Root – 7594 runs (156 innings, average – 53.85)
• Ricky Ponting – 7578 runs (154 innings, average – 56.97)
• Sachin Tendulkar – 7216 runs (153 innings, average – 52.67)
• Mahela Jayawardene – 7167 runs (129 innings, average – 59.72)
• Jacques Kallis – 7035 runs (143 innings, average – 49.19)

England on the threshold of series victory under Root's captaincy

After the retirement of Ben Stokes, Joe Root has again been given the command of the England Test team. Under the captaincy of Root, the England team is standing on the threshold of winning the series. The English team won the first test by an innings and 103 runs. Now she has achieved a lead of 357 runs at Lord's.

After losing the toss in the Lord's Test, the England team, which came to bat first, scored 290 runs in its first innings. After this he bundled out Pakistan's first innings at 110. After gaining a huge lead of 190 runs, England have scored 177 runs after losing 7 wickets in their second innings. There are still two days of play left in the match and the host team is just a few steps away from capturing the series.