Joe Root joins elite list featuring Sachin Tendulkar and Don Bradman

July 10, 2025 Credit: Getty

Root Test runs vs India

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Root first England player to reach this

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Players with 3000-plus Test runs

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Don Bradman

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Jack Hobbs

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Sachin Tendulkar

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Allan Border

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Steve Smith

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David Gower

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Gary Sobers

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Steve Waugh

[{"selector":"#anim-6cb9485c-de72-4b3a-8712-3f0df40970bb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-706e9860-37c9-4d8a-be42-3b27ded0ce85","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 98.97499%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4c4972fa-3977-494d-b126-fcfc5e12d32c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a52b4f57-b6c3-446e-b9d5-202a09a965c8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -637.2222%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-05da191c-b692-4393-985f-658799e0af3f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f5c3dd6c-ea0b-49e5-9016-5282465aa090","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 251.97955%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d00972a8-3677-42ab-b62a-c7945476a86c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b7247e3d-5ea3-45c6-823d-0da83e1f180d","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 963.78656%, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e5c2842c-41a7-4e7e-91f2-f2009738eed4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1200,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-44f58fce-01bf-42bb-b2ed-393bf46afca4","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 513.88837%, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":1200,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Steve Waugh scored 3200 runs against England. Credit: Getty

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