Root scores 10,000th Test run - now for Tendulkar's record?

Joe Root could surpass Sachin Tendulkar as the leading run scorer in Test history.

That's the view of former Australia captain Mark Taylor after Root became the 14th man - and second from England, after Sir Alastair Cook - to the milestone of 10,000 Test runs.

Root achieved the landmark at exactly the same age as Cook - 31 years, 157 days - during his match-clinching 115 not out for England in the first LV= Insurance Test against New Zealand at Lord's.

The ex-England skipper is now 5,906 shy of Indian great Tendulkar's tally of 15,921 Test runs.

Taylor told Sky Sports: "Root has minimum five years left in him, so I think Tendulkar's record is very achievable.

"Root is batting as well as I have ever seen him bat over the last 18 months to two years. He is in the prime of his career, so there is 15,000 runs-plus for him if he stays healthy."

Mel Jones feels that "maybe 16 or 17,000" Test runs is attainable for Root now he no longer has the pressures of captaincy to deal with.

Root has scored 2,192 runs across his last 21 Tests, stretching back to January 2021, with nine centuries at an average of 56.20.

Sky Sports' Nasser Hussain added of Root: "He has always looked a world-class player. His technique is pretty much what it was, he has straight rhythm and fluency to his game. There is a whole heap of runs left in him.

"[Getting to 10,000 Test runs] is a special day and one he thoroughly deserves after everything he has been through the last couple of years as England captain - Covid, bubble life and losing Test matches.

"He must have felt like the weight of the world was on his shoulders. Everything to do with English cricket was knocking at his door."

Root now hopes to help new skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon