‘Run-scoring machine’: Alastair Cook praises Joe Root on passing landmark

Batter passes mark of 12,472 runs in first Pakistan Test‘I don’t see Root losing his hunger,’ says former captain Alastair Cook described Joe Root as “a genius” and a “run-scoring machine” after the 33-year-old surpassed his record as England’s highest Test run-scorer on his way to an epic, unbeaten 176 on the third day of the first Test in Pakistan. Root was “tired more than anything” after an eight-hour innings in the Multan heat that, with Harry Brook also unbeaten on 141, helped England to 492 for three at stumps, 64 behind.