Virender Sehwag’s 20-12 months-Outdated File Damaged, Harry Brook The New ‘Sultan Of Multan’

England batter Harry Brook slammed his maiden Test triple hundred on Day 4 of the continued 1st Test in opposition to Pakistan in Multan. Brook took simply 310 balls to achieve the mark, which made him solely the sixth Englishman to hit a triple century in Test cricket. Brook bought out on 317 whereas making an attempt to up the ante, however his breathtaking batting allowed England to pile 823/7d and take a primary innings lead of 267 runs. However, his knock, which was laced with 28 fours and three sixes, allowed him to interrupt a two-decade-long document.

Brook now holds the document of registering the very best particular person Test rating in Multan, surpassing former India batter Virender Sehwag‘s 309 in opposition to the identical opponents in 2004.

His newest feat positioned him within the record of legends like Andy Sandham, Len Hutton, Wally Hammond, Graham Gooch, and Bill Edrich, who additionally scored triple centuries for England.

Brook joined Joe Root within the center on Day 3 when England had been comfortably positioned at 249/3. Brook and Root placed on 454 for the fourth wicket as England piled up the fourth-highest innings in Test cricket.

Brook and Root loved a run-feast on a flat Multan stadium pitch, each knocking career-best scores to offer England a 267 lead over Pakistan’s first innings whole of 556.

Brook accomplished his triple century with a boundary off part-timer Ayub, reaching the mark off 310 balls earlier than he top-edged a sweep off the identical bowler and was caught by Masood.

Brook cracked 29 fours and three sixes in his 439-minute keep on the crease.

But Root — who broke Alastair Cook‘s England Test run document of 12,472 on Wednesday — fell in need of a triple hundred as he was trapped leg-before by Salman Agha after a marathon 10 hour-stay suring which he hit 17 fours.

The Root-Brook stand of 454 was England’s highest in Tests, eclipsing the 411-run fourth wicket partnership by Peter May and Colin Cowdrey in opposition to the West Indies at Birmingham in 1957. 

It can also be the fourth highest partnership in Test cricket historical past.

(With AFP Inputs)