Joe Root added another monumental achievement to his illustrious career by becoming the second-highest run-scorer in Test cricket history, surpassing Australian great Ricky Ponting’s tally of 13,378 runs. The historic moment unfolded on Day 3 of the fourth Test between England and India at Old Trafford, Manchester.

England travel to Australia for The Ashes having deployed a more pragmatic approach in their summer series against India

In Test cricket, injured batters are not permitted to have another player as a runner. The rule is stated in condition 25.5 of the International Cricket Council's Men's Test Playing Conditions. A batter is permitted to retire as not out due to injury, illness or any other unavoidable cause and is allowed to resume their innings.

(Reuters) -England will host New Zealand and Pakistan in test series next year, and India and Sri Lanka will visit for white-ball tours, the country's cricket governing body (ECB) said on Thursday. England will play three tests against New Zealand in June,

Rahul, who had looked more secure than Jaiswal, nevertheless departed before him, caught by Zak Crawley at slip. Instead, Jaiswal was the opener who made the half-century, passing 1,000 Test runs against England in the process. Joe Root has the record number of runs between these countries but Jaiswal looks the young pretender.

India captain Shubman Gill said Tuesday that England had acted against the “spirit of the game” by delaying play in last week's heated third test at Lord’s. Gill was not happy about England batsmen Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett being late to the crease on the third day of the test, which the host won by 22 runs to take a 2-1 series lead.

Should artificial lighting at the ground not work, rules on natural lighting and weather will apply. For day/night Test matches, the home cricket board will decide the latest times at which the floodlights are to be switched on prior to the start of a day's play, and must inform the match referee.

England cricketer Joe Root on Friday scripted history on Day 3 of the ongoing fourth Test against India at Old Trafford, Manchester.