England batters Joe Root and Harry Brook are piling on records for fun in the ongoing first Test against Pakistan in Multan. Root has already notched up his sixth double-century in the format and in the process, has broken multiple records of Sachin Tendulkar.

Joe Root broke Alastair Cook's record for most Test runs for England and entered top 5 of the all-time run-getter's list.

MULTAN, India (AP) — Joe Root has become England's highest test run-scorer on the third day of the first cricket test against Pakistan on Wednesday.Root surpassed Alastair Cook’s 12,472 runs with a straight-driven boundary to reach 71 on a wicket still well suited for batters. He survived an lbw television referral before reaching the milestone.Root is now fifth on the all-time list of test run-scorers behind Sachin Tendulkar's leading 15,921.___AP cricket: https://apnews.com/hub/cricket

Joe Root breaks Alastair Cook's England Test record with 12,472 runs, becoming fifth highest run scorer of all time.

Joe Root has become England's record run scorer in Tests, overtaking Alastair Cook. Root broke Cook...