The Ashes: Joe Root surpasses Alastair Cook to become most-prolific run-scorer in Tests as England captain

Joe Root went past former skipper Alastair Cook's tally of 4844 runs to become England's most-prolific captain with the bat in Test cricket on Sunday.

Joe Root on Sunday took the record for the most runs by an England captain in Test cricket during the ongoing second match of The Ashes against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Day 4.

Root went past former skipper Alastair Cook's tally of 4844 runs to become England's most-prolific captain with the bat in Test cricket. Cook's runs came in 59 Tests as captain which Root has bettered by one, both batters have 12 hundreds each.