On Wednesday, Joe Root leapfrogged Alastair Cook to become England's highest scorer in Test cricket. On Thursday, he broke all sorts of records in a 454-run stand with Harry Brook. Here's a stats run through of Root's purplest of purple patches,

MULTAN, India (AP) — Joe Root has become England's highest test run-scorer on the third day of the first cricket test against Pakistan on Wednesday. Root surpassed Alastair Cook’s 12,472 runs with a straight-driven boundary to reach 71 on a wicket still well suited for batters. He survived an lbw television referral before reaching the milestone.

England's Joe Root delivered an extraordinary performance against Pakistan in the Multan Test match, scoring a remarkable 262 runs. Root broke multiple records, including tying Graeme Smith for four double centuries away and surpassing Alastair Cook for most double hundreds for England.