Harry Brook, Joe Root help England pulverise multiple Test records

If you just woke up from a slumber, let me tell you that Joe Root and Harry Brook have broken a plethora of records during their stunning 454-run partnership in the first Test in Multan. They made the Pakistani bowlers so tired that they were bowling just for the sake of it rather than putting in any effort. 

Root scored his maiden 250 and his third double century in Asian conditions after his 228 against Sri Lanka in Galle (2021) and 218 against India in Chennai in the same year. Harry Brook brought up his maiden triple-century in Test cricket in a partnership that helped England break the all-time partnership record away from home. 

Not just that, he also scored the second-fastest triple ton in the history of Test cricket. 

What are the other records that they broke during their stay?

Highest partnership in away Tests for England

454 - Joe Root & Harry Brook vs PAK in Multan, 2024*

399 - Jonny Bairstow & Ben Stokes vs SA in Cape Town, 2016

359 - Len Hutton & Cyril Washbrook vs SA in Johannesburg, 1948

329* - Alastair Cook & Jonathan Trott vs AUS in Brisbane, 2010

Highest partnership for England in Tests

454 - Joe Root & Harry Brook vs PAK in Multan, 2024*

411 - Peter May & Colin Cowdrey vs WI in Edgbaston, 1957

399 - Jonny Bairstow & Ben Stokes vs SA in Cape Town, 2016

382 - Maurice Leyland & Len Hutton vs AUS in The Oval, 1938

In the process, Brook also became the fourth-youngest Englishman to get a double hundred away from home.

Youngest England batters to score a double ton away from home

Bill Eldrich - 22y 342d

Ben Stokes - 24y 212d

Wally Hammond - 25y 178d

Harry Brook - 25y 231d*

Double centuries in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Joe Root (Galle (2021), Chennai (2021), Multan (2024))*

Virender Sehwag (Multan (2004), Galle (2008), Chennai (2008))

Mahela Jayawardene (Colombo (2006), Ahmedabad (2009), Karachi (2009))

Pairs to share multiple 300-run stands away from home in Test history

Don Bradman & Will Ponsford

Hashim Amla & Jacques Kallis

Joe Root & Harry Brook*

Most double-centuries away from home

5 - Don Bradman

5 - Wally Hammond

5 - Brian Lara

5 - Kumar Sangakkara

5 - Younis Khan

4 - Graeme Smith

4 - Joe Root*

Root and Brook's mammoth partnership allowed England to scale Mt 800 in Pakistan, a mountain that no side had previously scaled. Not just that, England's 823 was also the fourth-highest total in Test history. 

Highest-ever score for a visiting team in Pakistan

823/7d - ENG vs PAK, Multan, 2024*

675/5 - IND vs PAK, Multan, 2004

657 all-out - ENG vs PAK, Rawalpindi, 2022

644/7 - SL vs PAK, Karachi, 2009

Highest-ever Test total in Pakistan

823/7d - ENG vs PAK, Multan, 2024*

765/6 - PAK vs SL, Karachi, 2009

699/5 - PAK vs IND, Lahore, 1989

679/7 - PAK vs IND, Lahore, 2006

675/5 - IND vs PAK, Multan, 2004

Highest total in Tests

952/6d - SL vs IND, Colombo, 1997 

903/7d - ENG vs AUS, The Oval, 1938 

849 - ENG vs WI, Kingston, 1930 

823/7d - ENG vs PAK, Multan, 2024*  

790/3d - WI vs PAK, Kingston, 1958

Instances of two batters scoring 250+ in the same innings

Gary Sobers (365*) & Conrad Hunte (260) vs Pakistan in Kingston, 1958

Mahela Jayawardene (374*) & Kumar Sangakkara (287) vs South Africa in Colombo, 2006

Harry Brook (317) & Joe Root (262) vs Pakistan in Multan, 2024*

Highest partnerships away from home in Test history

454 - Joe Root & Harry Brook vs Pakistan in Multan, 2024*

451 - Don Bradman & Bill Ponsford vs England at The Oval, 1934

438 - Marvan Atapattu & Kumar Sangakkara vs Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, 2004

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