Summary Root's 325 runs in Old Trafford Test was fifth-highest aggregate by any England batsman in a Test.
MANCHESTER (AFP) - England batsman Joe Root s second-innings score of 71 not out on Monday gave him an aggregate tally for the ongoing second Test against Pakistan of 325 runs, after he made a career-best 254 in the first innings.
It was the fifth-highest aggregate by any England batsman in a Test.
England great Graham Gooch s aggregate of 456 against India at Lord s in 1990 remains the world record for most runs scored by a batsman in a Test.
Below is how Root s tally fits into the top five of most runs scored by an England batsman in a Test (total runs, player, first innings score, second innings score, opposition, venue, year):
456 Graham Gooch…………..333………123………v……..IND……....Lord s…………1990
375 Andrew Sandham……….325…………75………v…….WIS……..Kingston………1933
364 Leonard Hutton………….364…………--……….v…….AUS……..The Oval……….1938
336 Walter Hammond……….336 no……...--……….v…….NZL……..Auckland………1933
325 Joe Root…………………254…………71……….v…….PAK…….Old Trafford……..2016
