Multan: England created a rain of records in the first test match of the series being played in Multan against Pakistan thanks to Joe Root's double century and Harry Brook's triple century. England declared their innings at 827 runs for 7 wickets in reply to Pakistan's 556 runs. England created a rain of records in Multan by batting explosively. Let's know which records were made in Multan.

Highest score against Pakistan

Joe Root (262) and Harry Brooke (317) smashed double and triple centuries as England scored 827 for 7 against Pakistan on the fourth day of the first Test in Multan. This is a new record for the highest score in an innings by any team against Pakistan in Test cricket.

2nd fastest triple century in Tests

Harry Brook completed his triple century in 310 balls in Multan. Brook reached the second position after Sehwag in terms of scoring the fastest triple century in Test cricket. Brook became the sixth batsman to score a triple century for England. He also broke Virender Sehwag's record of 307 runs made in 2004 on this ground. Pakistan gave him a lifeline on the score of 31 which proved to be costly for the team.

England's first 20 thousand

Joe Root, who scored a double century in the match, became the first cricketer from England to score 20 thousand or more runs in international cricket. When Root was playing at 186 runs, Babar Azam dropped his easy catch at mid-wicket. After this, Root scored the sixth double-century of his career. With this, he has surpassed Alastair Cook and reached the second position after Wally Hammond in terms of scoring the most double centuries for England, who has seven double centuries to his name.

Second team to score 700+ against Pakistan

England has become the second team to score 700 or more runs in an innings of a Test match against Pakistan. Earlier, this feat was achieved by West Indies in the year 1958. Then the Windies had scored 790 runs for 3 wickets in an innings.

6 bowlers hit unwanted centuries

England's batsmen did not spare any Pakistani bowler in the first Test being played in Multan. 7 players bowled for Pakistan in which Saud Shakeel bowled only two overs. Apart from this, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed, Amer Jamal, Salman Agha, and Sam Ayub all gave away more than 100 runs. This has happened for the second time in Test cricket history when 6 bowlers have given away 100 or more runs in an innings. Earlier, this has happened with Zimbabwe's bowlers when 6 bowlers gave away 100 or more runs in an innings. Zimbabwe's bowlers did this in the year 2004.

This happened for the first time in the 21st century

This is the first time in the 21st century and the fourth time in Test cricket history that a team has scored 800 or more runs. The last time Sri Lanka did this was in 1997 when they scored 952 runs for 6 wickets against India. In that match, Sanath Jayasuriya scored a triple century and Roshan Mahanama scored a double century.

England crossed 800 for the third time.

England has crossed the 800-run mark twice before. Once England scored 849 runs in an innings of a Test match against West Indies in 1930 and once against Australia in 1938. Out of the four 800+ scores in Test history, three are recorded in the name of England.

Most runs in Tests for England

Joe Root on Wednesday reached the top spot as England's leading run-scorer in Test cricket after scoring 263 runs.