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Former English cricketer Alastair Cook has picked a star player from his country to surpass Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar’s record in Test cricket. Notably, Sachin is the highest run scorer of all time in Test cricket with 15921 runs in 200 matches in his Test career. The former cricketer also has 51 Test centuries to his name which is most by any player in international cricket.
Joe Root has recently surpassed Alastair Cook to become England’s highest run scorer in Test cricket. Cook finished his Test career with 12472 runs from 166 matches, while Root has already amassed 12716 runs from 148 Test matches so far. However, the 33-year-old is still 3205 runs behind to surpass Sachin Tendulkar and become the highest run scorer of all time in Test cricket.
I think Joe Root could set a mark: Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook revealed the moment when he saw Joe Root surpassing him to became England’s highest run scorer in red-ball cricket. The former cricketer said “I watched the moment, then I rang him after the end of the play,” as quoted by Hindustan Times.
"I think Joe Root could set a mark, certainly on an English side, that'll be very hard to beat. But you just never know. I hope he can get very close, if not be the first person who scores 16,000 Test runs. It'd be a great achievement," Cook added.
Joe Root and Kane Williamson are in best form at the moment: Alastair Cook
Speaking further, Alastair Cook also picked Joe Root and Kane Williamson as two of the best batters in Test cricket at the moment. He said that his country mate and New Zealand’s star batter are the most in-form players among current fab-four ((Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Steve Smith, and Joe Root).
"I think at this precise moment in time, I find it hard to see anyone playing as well as Joe Root. Over the last year or so, of the so-called ‘Big Four’, I think Williamson and him are probably in the best form at the moment,” Alastair Cook said.
