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Joe Root has overhauled Sir Alastair Cook as England ’s record run scorer in Test cricket, passing his former captain’s mark of 12,472 on day three of the series opener against Pakistan.

MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) -England became the first team to win a test by an innings after conceding more than 500 runs in the first stanza, hammering Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs on the fifth day of their opening match on Friday.

England skip past their 710 for 7 against India in 2011, so this is now their highest score in a Test match since 1938. “It’s just dawned on me that Root and Brook ran over 300 of their runs,” says Phil Withall.

The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having run out victorious on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015). England took the 2019 crown after a dramatic Ben Stokes-inspired super-over win over New Zealand at Lord's.

England thrashed Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs in the first Test at Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday (October 11). The hosts started Day 5 at 152/6 needing 115 runs to avoid an innings defeat. However,

England completed a breathtaking victory in the first Test against Pakistan, Jack Leach putting the finishing touches to a record-breaking week on the fifth morning in Multan. The left-arm spinner snapped up the last three wickets on the final day,