{"id":46916,"date":"2026-09-09T11:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=46916"},"modified":"2026-09-09T11:07:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:07:03","slug":"joe-root-surpasses-steve-waugh-moves-closer-to-sachin-tendulkar-james-anderson-for-most-test-appearances-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=46916","title":{"rendered":"Joe Root surpasses Steve Waugh, moves closer to Sachin Tendulkar, James Anderson for most Test appearances | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133964051,imgsize-50842,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/england-pakistan-cricket.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Root surpasses Steve Waugh, moves closer to Sachin Tendulkar, James Anderson for most Test appearances\" title=\"England's captain Joe Root (AP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"England's captain Joe Root (AP Photo)\">England&#8217;s captain Joe Root (AP Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Joe Root continues to add to his remarkable Test legacy, surpassing Australia great Steve Waugh for the most Test appearances as he took the field against Pakistan in the third and final Test at Edgbaston.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Root, who is captaining England in the series, has now featured in 169 Tests, moving ahead of Waugh&#8217;s 168. With only Sachin Tendulkar, James Anderson ahed of Root now.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>Most matches played in Test Cricket<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"9\">\n<ul>\n<li>200 \u2013 Sachin Tendulkar<\/li>\n<li>188 \u2013 James Anderson<\/li>\n<li>169* \u2013 Joe Root<\/li>\n<li>168 \u2013 Steve Waugh<\/li>\n<li>168 \u2013 Ricky Ponting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Root won the toss and elected to bowl first against Babar Azam-led Pakistan at Edgbaston. England have lost four of their last six Tests at the venue, while Pakistan are still searching for their first Test win at Edgbaston. They have played eight Tests here, losing five and drawing three.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The match also marks a notable moment for England, as they have named the same playing XI for all three Tests of a series for the first time since 2010.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>England eye series sweep<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Root&#8217;s second stint as England&#8217;s Test captain has got off to a strong start, with the hosts heading into the final Test of the English summer as overwhelming favourites. England dominated the opening Test at Headingley, winning by an innings and 103 runs after their fast bowlers ran through Pakistan&#8217;s batting. The hosts followed that up with a 194-run victory at Lord&#8217;s, despite their batters facing more challenging conditions, with the pacers once again doing most of the damage with the ball.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>England will now look to complete a series sweep, while Pakistan face a daunting task against a side that has controlled the contest from the opening Test.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3><b>Playing XIs for England vs Pakistan 3rd Test<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Pakistan Playing XI: <\/span>Azan Awais, Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood, Babar Azam (c), Saud Shakeel, Ghazi Ghori (wk), Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Razaullah, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Ali.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">England Playing XI:<\/span> Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jordan Cox, Joe Root (c), Harry Brook, Dan Lawrence, Jamie Smith (wk), Gus Atkinson, Ollie Robinson, Jofra Archer, Josh Tongue.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/joe-root-surpasses-steve-waugh-moves-closer-to-sachin-tendulkar-james-anderson-for-most-test-appearances\/articleshow\/133963875.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England&#8217;s captain Joe Root (AP Photo) Joe Root continues to add to his remarkable Test legacy, surpassing Australia great Steve Waugh for the most Test appearances as he took the field against Pakistan in the third and final Test at Edgbaston.Root, who is captaining England in the series, has now featured in 169 Tests, moving&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}