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Harry Brook had the privilege of taking the Three Lions past the coveted tally with a double off Kiwi pacer William O’Rourke, as achieved the 5000000 run milestone in 1082 matches across 147 years.
England’s Ollie Pope, right, gestures to teammate Harry Brook during play on day one of the second cricket test between New Zealand and England at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, New Zealand, Friday, Dec.6, 2024. (Andrew Cornaga/Photosport via AP)
Team England became the first side in the history of the game of cricket to reach half a million runs during their second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Saturday as Harry Brook had the privilege of taking the Three Lions past the coveted tally with a double off Kiwi pacer William O’Rourke.
England finished Day 2 of the game at 378 runs for the loss of 5 wickets, which took their historic run tally to 500126. The progenitors of the game achieved the 5000000 run milestone in 1082 matches across 147 years. The England team sheet has featured 717 players and required 18,900 individual innings to scale the unprecedented accolade.
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England, who made 280 runs batting first thanks to a Brook ton in the first innings, went on to wrap up the Kiwi reply for 125 runs as Guy Atkinson and Brydon Carse scalped four-fers.
English opener Ben Duckett gave the tourists a good start in the second innings with his 92-run knock, while Jacob Bethell added 96 runs coming in to bat at No.3.
Brook chipped in with 55 runs in the second innings, while Joe Root stood unbeaten at the end of the day on 73 runs, as England’s all-time highest run scorer in Tests picked up his 100th Test fifty to become only the fourth man in the game records to the mark after legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar, South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis and former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting.
England finished the second day of the Test with a mammoth 533 runs lead with five wickets still at their disposal.
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England came into the second game of the three-match-series with a 1-0 lead after their 8-wicket win over the Kiwis at Hagley Oval in the opener.
