Joe Root equals Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most fifties in Test cricket

Joe Root achieved a important milestone by equaling Sachin Tendulkar's grounds for astir Test half-centuries. He scored his 68th 50 during England's archetypal Test against Pakistan astatine Headingley. Root and Cox built a important concern to springiness England a first-innings lead. England's gait bowlers, Robinson and Tongue, took 5 wickets each to disregard Pakistan. The squad secured a first-innings pb aft bowling Pakistan retired for 171.