Former England captain Joe Root on Sunday became the second England men’s Test cricket team batter and 14th overall to score 10,000 runs in Test matches.

He did so by scoring 26th Test century at Lord’s against world Test champions New Zealand, leading a superb run-chase as England won the match by 5 wickets.

England were 216 for five at stumps on the third day, needing just 61 more runs to reach a victory target of 277 but with no more recognised batsmen left to come in.

In what is Stokes’ first match as skipper, Root closed matters out on day four morning with a fine unbeaten century.

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Root reached the 10,000-run landmark in his 218th innings, he becomes the fastest English batter and 10th fastest overall to do so (in terms of innings), as per Opta.

Root also became the first batter born in 1990s and first batter who made his debut after 2010 to score 10,000 Test runs.

Most Test runs

Player Span Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100s
Tendulkar 1989-2013 200 329 15921 248* 53.78 51
Ponting 1995-2012 168 287 13378 257 51.85 41
Kallis 1995-2013 166 280 13289 224 55.37 45
Dravid
 1996-2012 164 286 13288 270 52.31 36
Cook 2006-2018 161 291 12472 294 45.35 33
Sangakkara 2000-2015 134 233 12400 319 57.40 38
Lara 1990-2006 131 232 11953 400* 52.88 34
Chanderpaul  1994-2015 164 280 11867 203* 51.37 30
Jayawardene 1997-2014 149 252 11814 374 49.84 34
Border 1978-1994 156 265 11174 205 50.56 27
S Waugh 1985-2004 168 260 10927 200 51.06 32
Gavaskar  1971-1987 125 214 10122 236* 51.12 34
Younis 2000-2017 118 213 10099 313 52.05 34
Root  2012-2022 118 218 10000 254 49.50 26

Most 100s by Englishmen

layer Mat Inns Runs HS Ave 100
Cook 161 291 12472 294 45.35 33
Root 118* 218 10003 254 49.51 26
 Pietersen 104 181 8181 227 47.28 23
Player Debut Inns to reach 10000 runs
Lara 6 Dec 1990 195
Tendulkar 15 Nov 1989 195
Sangakkara  20 Jul 2000 195
Ponting 8 Dec 1995 196
Dravid 20 Jun 1996 206
Younis  26 Feb 2000 208
Jayawardene  2 Aug 1997 210
Gavaskar 6 Mar 1971 212
Kallis 14 Dec 1995 217
Root 13 Dec 2012 218
Cook 1 Mar 2006 229
Border 29 Dec 1978 235
Chanderpaul 17 Mar 1994 239
Waugh 26 Dec 1985 244

England finished on 279 for five, with former captain Root 115 not out.

Victory, achieved with more than a day to spare, was just England’s second win in 18 Tests and gives them a 1-0 lead in the three-match series against World Test champions New Zealand.

More to follow (with AFP inputs)

All numbers for men’s Test cricket from ESPNCricinfo Statsguru