Joe Root has overall scored the most runs against Australia in day/night Tests, a record that was previously owned by Pakistan’s Asad Shafiq since 2016. The left-handers have been dominating the pink ball format to such an extent that it took almost a decade for a player to topple a list with so few names.
Joe Root was the top scorer for England with an unbeaten 138 The audience witnessed the fall of his partners at regular intervals as the visitors piled up a total of 334 runs on the board.
The tallest individual scorer against Australia in D/N Tests
However, Joe Root has had the historic milestone of breaking Shafiq’s record at Gabba where he made 137 runs in 2016. To mention, Faf du Plessis, too, was in this list with his 118* in Adelaide which happened to be back in 2016.
Highest individual score vs Australia in Day/Night Tests
138* – Joe Root, Gabba 2025
137 – Asad Shafiq, Gabba 2016
118* – Faf du Plessis, Adelaide 2016
113 – Yasir Shah, Adelaide 2019
104 – Stephen Cook, Adelaide 2016
The latest innings of Joe Root is underlined by his not very bright starting phase in the Test series where he only scored 8 runs in the first match. His comeback is marked by 206 balls faced very stubbornly while being part of the longest partnership with Zak Crawley.
Root’s heroics contribute to England’s reaching of a decent total
Specifically, Joe Root took over since Ollie Pope lost his wicket in the third over, and England was shaken by the score of 2/5. Root became the leader to face the storm created by Mitchell Starc and to bring England a respectable total together with the support from Crawley.
The middle order of the home team was not impressive with Ben Stokes (19), Jamie Smith (0) and Harry Brook (31) all falling to small scores at regular intervals.
Mitchell Starc was the standout bowler with his 6-wicket haul while Michael Neser, Brendan Doggett, and Scott Boland each took one wicket.