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‘Run-scoring machine’: Alastair Cook praises Joe Root on passing landmark
- Batter passes mark of 12,472 runs in first Pakistan Test
- ‘I don’t see Root losing his hunger,’ says former captain
Alastair Cook described Joe Root as “a genius” and a “run-scoring machine” after the 33-year-old surpassed his record as England’s highest Test run-scorer on his way to an epic, unbeaten 176 on the third day of the first Test in Pakistan.
Root was “tired more than anything” after an eight-hour innings in the Multan heat that, with Harry Brook also unbeaten on 141, helped England to 492 for three at stumps, 64 behind.
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