Joe Root, England's right-handed batter, has overtaken Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest run scorer in Test cricket.

Root said Tendulkar's record is not something he will focus on, but can the Yorkshire-born batter reach the top spot?

Joe Root scored 150 off 248 balls as England took a substantial 186-run lead at Stumps on Day 3 of the ongoing Test at the ...

Joe Root moved to second place in the all-time Test run-scorers list during the Manchester Test. His achievement highlights ...

Joe Root overtook Ricky Ponting to become the second-greatest Test run-scorer in history. Root's 13,409 runs sit him behind ...

Joe Root became the second-highest run-scorer in Test cricket as he continued his march towards Sachin Tendulkar. Meanwhile, ...

Ponting played a total of 168 Tests for Australia from 1995 to 2012 and scored 13,378 runs, whereas Root has 13,379 runs to ...

Joe Root, during a superb innings of exactly 150 in the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford, went from fifth to second ...

Joe Root broke Ricky Ponting's record for most runs in Test cricket history. Only Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of him in the all ...

Joe Root's masterful 150 puts him second on the all-time Test run-scorers' list and gives England complete control over India ...

Playing at Old Trafford in the fourth Test, Joe Root was dismissed for 150 but registered his name in the record books, with ...

Joe Root went past Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting all in one innings and is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar ...