England National Cricket Team batsman Joe Root, 33, has created history with his remarkable performance in the ongoing second Test of the three-match series against the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground, London.

Joe Root’s form has skyrocketed in recent years in Test cricket and he has carried that over to the Sri Lanka Test series. In the opening clash of the series, he scored 42 and 62* runs respectively to move a step closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s iconic record of most Test runs.

Meanwhile, in the Lord’s Test, he decided to take his performance to another level and batted a number of times. He came out to bat when England was in trouble and despite not getting much support from the other end, he stood in the middle like a wall and scored runs.

Joe Root single-handedly put Sri Lanka on the back foot with his performance and completed his fifty in 84 balls. He didn’t look like stopping there as, after putting in a lot of effort, he reached 99* and then played 12 balls without conceding, before completing a century in the 13th over and celebrating the milestone in style.

Patience is a virtue 🧘‍♂️

Joe Root’s every-ball score at 99*… before scoring his – Test 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🤯#EnglandCricket | @Root66 pic.twitter.com/vFtjccu66l

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 29, 2024

Root completed his century off 162 balls and at the time of writing, he was batting at 137* off 193 deliveries and 18 fours. His batting performance helped him create and break all-time records and establish his legacy as England’s greatest Test batsman, surpassing Alastair Cook.

Joe Root makes history with a spectacular hundred against Sri Lanka

Joe Root’s ton against Sri Lanka was his 33rd in Test cricket, and he has now equalled Alastair Cook’s record for the most Test tons by an Englishman in Test cricket history. He also broke Cook’s record for the most Test runs on English soil and is almost level with the number of hundreds Sachin Tendulkar had before he turned 34 (35 Test hundreds).

Most Test centuries by an Englishman

33 – Alastair Cook

33 – Joe Root

23 – Kevin Pietersen

22-Wally Hammond

Most of the tests are carried out on English soil:

Joe Root: 6569*

Alastair Cook: 6568

Among active cricketers, Joe Root has the second most hundreds in international cricket and in Test cricket, he is at the top of the list. Also, among Fab-4 batsmen, he has the most hundreds in Tests.

Most international hundreds of active players:

Virat Kohli – 80

Joe Root – 49 years old

Rohit Sharma – 48

Kane Williamson – 45

Steve Smith – 44

Most of the hundreds in testing (active players):

33 – Joe Root (264 entries)

32 – Steve Smith (195 innings)

32 – Kane Williamson (176 innings)

29 – Virat Kohli (191 innings)

19 – Cheteshwar Pujara (176 innings)

Most of the hundreds of tests in Fab 4:

Root – 33* (144 matches)

Kane Williamson – 32 (100 matches)

Steve Smith – 32 (109 games)

Virat Kohli Kohli – 29 (113 matches)

He made us wait for him, but the moment that Joe Root and all of Lord’s were waiting for has arrived 🤩💯 pic.twitter.com/6CnDVJ89tD

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 29, 2024

The 33-year-old achieved two more major records as he surpassed Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the most 50-plus scores in Tests and entered as the 10th highest century maker.

Most scores 50+ on tests:

119 – Sachin Tendulkar

103 – Jacques Kallis

103 – Ricky Ponting

99 – Rahul Dravid

97- Root

96 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul