The England vs Pakistan 2nd Test match has been ongoing at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, London. During the match, recently appointed Test captain Joe Root achieved a milestone. He is now the 2nd most-capped English cricketer in the traditional format of the game. Root has been re-appointed as the leader after Ben Stokes announced his retirement a few months back.
England won the first Test comfortably by an innings and 103 runs. They showcased sheer dominance at Headingley in Leeds to rip through the Men in Green. They, after being invited to bat first in the second Test, are in trouble with four wickets down under 100 runs. They would look to bounce back strongly.
Joe Root, after appearing in the second Test match, became the second most-capped player for England behind James Anderson. Before this game, he had played 167 matches, as he was tied with Stuart Broad, and now he features in his 168th match in the traditional format of the game. Only Anderson is ahead of him, having played 188 matches for the Three Lions.
Root is now the joint third player with the most Test matches played in the world. He is tied with two of the greatest Australia National Cricket Team captains, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh, who also featured in 168 Test matches for the country. The English skipper will have the chance to surpass them and become the third in the third and final Test match at Edgbaston.
Will Joe Root break Sachin Tendulkar's record?
Joe Root has been one of the finest cricketers that England have ever produced. He is their leading run scorer with 14,184* runs in the traditional format; he is just behind Sachin Tendulkar, who has scored 15,921 runs in this format. He nearly touched the average of 50 in the first Test but was unlucky by just one run.
In the second Test match, he was also given a chance after Imam-ul-Haq dropped him. But he could not make the most of the chance as he was dismissed by Mohammad Abbas for four runs. However, despite failing with the bat, he will look to contribute with runs in the second innings if he gets a chance to bat.
Pakistan opts to bowl first
Coming to the match, Pakistan captain Babar Azam was back in the side and won the toss and opted to bowl first. They made just one change, with Babar coming back for Salman Ali Agha, who was the stand-in captain in the first Test and was dropped.
England did not make any changes from their dominant win over the Men in Green in the first Test. However, Joe Root, during the toss, revealed he would have also loved to bowl, having said that he stated that the pitch looked good and they would try to score some runs.
Root said during the toss (as quoted by Cricbuzz), "We'd have bowled first. That being said, it does look a pretty good pitch. It looks very different to the last time we were here. So opportunity to get some runs on the board, and like we did last game, assess the situations that we find ourselves in and be skilful enough and good enough to put on a score and find a way through it."
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