Sri Lanka vs England, 2nd Test - Records Made, Joe Root's Magical Series

England beat Sri Lanka in the 2nd test match, played at Galle, and won the series 2-0. Joe Root was declared player of the series for the 426 runs he made during the two matches. Here are the top re

Joe Root's Record-Breaking Test

7) Joe Root’s 186 was his 3rd test hundred on Sri Lankan soil; the joint 2nd most by any visiting player. Sachin Tendulkar leads the list with five centuries while Brian Lara, Younis Khan, Virender Sehwag, Azhar Ali, Mohammad Ashraful, Cheteshwar Pujara, and Shikhar Dhawan also have three tons apiece in Sri Lanka. 

8) Root became the first visiting player with 400+ runs in a two-match Test series in Sri Lanka. Stephen Fleming’s 376 runs in the 2003 Test series were the previous most aggregate in a 2-match series against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka.

9) Joe Root became the first player in the history of Test cricket to bag multiple wickets without conceding a run in the match. Root is also the 2nd player to pick two or more wickets in a Test innings without giving away a run. Richie Benaud had three wickets to his name against India in the 1959 Delhi Test without conceding a run.

10) Joe Root has now scored 1001 test runs against Sri Lanka, the 2nd most Test runs by an Englishman against the Lankans after Sir Alastair Cook’s 1290 runs.