Joe Root has become England’s highest test run-scorer on the third day of the first cricket test against Pakistan.

Joe Root has overtaken Sir Alastair Cook to become England's highest Test run-scorer of all time. Root eclipsed Cook's tally of 12,472 Test runs when he hit an elegant straight drive back past Aamer Jamal to reach 71 against Pakistan on day three of the first Test in Multan.

Nestled in his crib, a baby Joe Root holds a small cricket bat. Now, 33 years later, that same baby is England’s highest-ever Test run scorer.

Joe Root has surpassed Alastair Cook’s record of most Test runs for England, cementing his status as the nation’s greatest modern batter. Root became the fifth-highest international red-ball run scorer ever by cracking a four back at Aamer Jamal,