England team captain
Joe Root
hits the highest score in England-Sri Lanka Tests, while becoming the 7th English
player to amass 8000 Test runs. He currently has the highest batting average out of this
cohort.
Senior batsman
Angelo Mathews
becomes the 5th Sri Lankan to pass 6000 runs in Tests.
Proteas opener
Dean Elgar
passes 4000 Test career runs.
Kane Williamson
joins countrymen Stephen Fleming and Ross Taylor on 7000 runs - his score of 238 in the NZ
innings is the highest by a New Zealander against Pakistan, while the partnership of 369 shared
with
Henry Nicholls is
the highest by NZ against Pakistan.
Continuing the theme, medium pacer
Kyle Jamieson claims
match figures of 11-117, the best for NZ against Pakistan.
Top order Lankan batsman
Kusal Mendis
scores 3000 Test career runs.
Tim Southee takes
his 300th wicket in Tests - only the 3rd Black Caps player to reach this mark, following
Sir Richard Hadlee and Daniel Vettori.
Former Proteas captain
Faf du Plessis blasts
past 4000 Test runs with an innings of 199.
Michell Starc has taken
his 250th Test wicket, while captain
Tim Paine snares his 150th
dismissal as a wicket-keeper
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