Joe Root: 10th batsman to get three 150 or more Test scores before turning 24
Root: 10th batsman to get three 150s before turning 24
The baby-faced Joe Root (23) became the second England batsmen, after Len Hutton, to score 150 three times before the age of 24.
Following is the table:
| Player | Country | T | I | Runs | HS | Avg | 100s | 50s |
| Don Bradman | Australia | 8 | 8 | 1887 | 334 | 269.57 | 8 | 0 |
| Javed Miandad | Pakistan | 4 | 4 | 683 | 206 | 341.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Graeme Smith | SA | 4 | 4 | 887 | 277 | 221.75 | 4 | 0 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 4 | 4 | 690 | 179 | 172.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Neil Harvey | Australia | 3 | 3 | 482 | 178 | 241 | 3 | 0 |
| Len Hutton | England | 3 | 3 | 725 | 364 | 362.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 576 | 242 | 192 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Root | England | 3 | 3 | 534 | 200* | 534 | 3 | 0 |
| Garry Sobers | West Indies | 3 | 3 | 789 | 365* | 394.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Darren Bravo | West Indies | 2 | 2 | 361 | 195 | 180.5 | 2 | 0 |
Root has an exceptional record at Lord’s cricket ground. He has scored two hundreds from three Tests – including his highest score of 200 not out. Against New Zealand last year, he had scored 111, against Australia he 186 and a month back against Sri Lanka, he scored an unbeaten 200. His 512 runs at this venue have come at an average of 102.40.
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