England’s batting order piled on a massive 823/7 in the first innings on a docile Multan pitch. The batters feasted upon the Pakistani bowlers. Harry Brook scored a sublime triple hundred and talisman Joe Root contributed with a double hundred.
The visitors managed to break a few batting records on Thursday here are a few:
Brook has also become the second-fastest player to score a triple hundred in the history of Test cricket. He got there in 310 balls with Virender Sehwag getting there fastest in 278 balls.
| Batters to score fastest triple centuries | Balls faced |
| Virender Sehwag vs South Africa in 2008 | 278 |
| Harry Brook vs Pakistan in 2024 | 310 |
| Wally Hammond vs New Zealand in 1933 | 355 |
| Matthew Hayden vs Zimbabwe in 2003 | 362 |
| Virendar Sehwag vs Pakistan in 2004 | 364 |
Brook scored 317 runs from just 322 balls to become the sixth English batter to score a triple hundred.
| English batters to score 300’s | Runs scored |
| L Hutton vs Australia in 1938 | 364 |
| Wally Hammond vs New Zealand in 1933 | 336* |
| Graham Gooch vs India in 1990 | 333 |
| Andy Sandham vs West Indies in 1930 | 334 |
| Harry Brook vs Pakistan in 2024 | 317 |
| John Edrich vs New Zealand in 1965 | 310* |
Joe Root with his double hundred has separated himself from Younis Khan, Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara and Mahela Jayawardene who have scored 34 tons in their Test careers.
| Batsman with most 100s in Tests | Number of tons |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 51 |
| Jacques Kallis | 45 |
| Ricky Ponting | 41 |
| Kumara Sangakkara | 38 |
| Rahul Dravid | 36 |
| Joe Root | 35 |
Brook has stitched a gigantic partnership of 454 runs with Joe Root who himself managed to put on a 262-run score. The partnership between the Yorkshiremen is the fourth highest between them ever.
| Batters with highest partnerships | Runs scored |
| Kumara Sangakkara-Mahela Jayawardene vs South Africa in 2006 | 624 runs for the third wicket |
| Roshan Mahanama-Sanath Jayasuriya vs India in 1997 | 576 runs for the second wicket |
| Andrew Jones-Martin Crow vs Sri Lanka in 1991 | 467 runs for the third wicket |
| Joe Root-Harry Brook vs Pakistan in 2024 | 454 runs for the fourth wicket |
| Bill Ponsford-Don Bradman vs England in 1934 | 451 runs for the second wicket |
England has declared at 823/7 which is the fourth-highest team total. Brook’s 317, Root’s 262, Ben Duckett’s 84 and Zack Crawley’s 78 are the chief contributions to the massive score.
| Teams with the highest Test scores | Runs scored |
| Sri Lanka vs India in 1997 | 952/6-d |
| England vs Australia in 1938 | 903/7-d |
| England vs West Indies in 1930 | 849 |
| England vs Pakistan in 2024 | 823/7-d |
| West Indies vs Pakistan in 1958 | 790/3-d |
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