Joe Root has become the second player to have registered the triple of 10,000 runs, 50 wickets, and 150 catches in the format. He attained the historic feat in the second Test against Pakistan.
Kallis was the first to do so!
Jacques Kallis, arguably the greatest all-rounder in Test cricket, slammed 13,289 runs and took 292 wickets in Test cricket. He was a terrific fielder, having claimed 200 catches.
Root claims his50th Test scalp
Root has become the only other player with over 10,000 runs, 50 wickets, and 150 catches in Tests. Root, who completed 10,000 Test runs earlier this year, took his 50th scalp in the Multan Test.
Third player with this feat
Only three players have completed the double of 10,000+ runs and 50+ wickets in Test cricket - Kallis and Steve Waugh. Root entered the elite club after taking his 50th wicket in the format.
Fastest Englishman toreach 10,000 Test runs
Root got to 10,000 Test runs in 218 innings. He is the fastest Englishman to 10,000 runs, bettering the record of Cook, who clocked 229 Test innings.
Career
Root is the 12th-highest run-scorer in Tests, having amassed a tally of 10,629 at an average of 49.66. He has 28 centuries and 55 fifties in the format.