On Day 4 of the continuing first Test against Pakistan in Multan, England batsman Harry Brook smashed his first triple hundred. Only the sixth Englishman to strike a triple century in Test cricket, Brook required only 310 balls to achieve the milestone.

Trying to boost the ante, Brook went out on 317; however, his amazing hitting let England build 823/7d and lead in first innings by 267 run. But his hit, loaded with 28 fours and three sixes, let him surpass a two-decade-long mark.

Having registered the highest individual Test score in Multan, Brook now ranks above former India batsman Virender Sehwag’s 309 against the same opponent in 2004.

Having also achieved triple century for England, his most recent achievement ranked him among the luminaries such Andy Sandham, Len Hutton, Wally Hammond, Graham Gooch, and Bill Edrich.

Day 3 saw Brook joining Joe Root in the middle, England comfortably positioned at 249/3. England built the fourth-highest innings in Test history, when Brook and Root put on 454 for the fourth wicket.

Enjoying a run-feast on a level Multan stadium field, Brook and Root both blasted career-best scores to give England a 265 lead over Pakistan’s first innings total of 556.

With a boundary off part-time Ayub, Brook completed his triple century reaching the mark after 310 balls before top-edged a sweep off the same bowler and was caught by Masood.

For his 439-minute spell at the bat, Brook smashed 29 fours and three sixes.

Root, who eclipsed Alastair Cook’s England Test run record of 12,472 on Wednesday, came short of a triple hundred when he was caught leg-before by Salman Agha after a lengthy 10-hour stay suring which he struck 17 fours.

Rising above the 411-run fourth wicket partnership by Peter May and Colin Cowdrey against the West Indies at Birmingham in 1957, the Root-Brook stand of 454 was England’s greatest in Tests.
It also ranks fourth in Test cricket history for partnerships.