Root tipped to take world record after breaking Cook’s England Test run tally Sport Joe Root has been tipped to overhaul Sachin Tendulkar as Test cricket’s all-time highest run-scorer after he surpassed Sir Alastair Cook’s England record. Root passed his former captain Cook’s mark of 12,472 runs in the morning session of the third day of England’s first Test against Pakistan in Multan on Wednesday. That still leaves him [...]