Multan, Pakistan

Records were broken left, right and centre on Thursday (Oct 10) as England batters Harry Brook and Joe Root shattered several records on Day 4 of the first Test match against Pakistan in Multan. England scored a record 823/7 on Day 4 with Brook scoring 317 while Root amassed 262. As a result, England established a lead of 267 runs despite Pakistan scoring 556 in their first innings.

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Brook, Root run riot

After coming out to bat on Day 3, England batters were tasked to narrow the lead on Day 4 of the Test match. The pair of Root and Brook put together 454 runs for the fourth wicket. During this time, Brook slammed his maiden triple hundred before falling to Saim Ayub. Brook played 322 balls to score 317 runs, which was again a record for the fastest triple hundred by an Englishman.

Root, who had a stellar Day 3 when he became England’s top run scorer in Test cricket scored yet another double hundred. Before falling to Agha Salman, he scored 262 runs as they hammered Pakistan bowlers left, right and centre.

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List of Records broken in Pakistan vs England

Highest 1st innings aggregate in a Test match

Highest total in Test cricket history

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Fastest triple hundred by an Englishman

Fourth-highest partnership in Test cricket history

Highest partnership against Pakistan in Test cricket

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Pakistan on brink of another defeat

Trailing by 267 runs in the second second, England are on position ‘A-1’ as they look to win the Multan Test. At the time of writing, Pakistan were 103/6 with England needing four more wickets to win the match. Pakistan still trail by 164 runs and could have their bid for the World Test Championship (WTC) final end as they are on the brink of another defeat on home turf. They previously lost to Bangladesh 2-0 and were beaten 3-0 in England’s last visit to the nation.