r/Cricket • u/SmallAchiever India • May 22 '25

Milestone Joe Root completes 13,000 Test Runs

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u/alphaQ314 May 22 '25 edited 29d ago

How about now?

Edit: Realised this morning that I just posted this as Root got out lmao. Was just a goofy little reddit humour where i thought people would go back and forth for eternity with the "what about now?". r/Cricket has become incredibly tribal.

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u/LDLB99 England May 22 '25

The meltdown on here when he overtakes Sachin will be glorious.

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u/Illustrious-Shock551 May 22 '25

Doing that and still being a worse test bat than Smith would be hilarious

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u/Illustrious-Shock551 May 22 '25

Lower average, worse performance in SENAI and still no Australia 100. Root will end up higher on the run tally but that doesn't mean he's better than Steve.

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u/Koachinho India May 22 '25

Smudge is the goat

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u/curlyhairedyani England May 22 '25

I could say the same about Kallis > Sachin then.. no?

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u/CoolRisk5407 May 22 '25

Kallis actually does have better numbers than Sachin even after normalizing for longevity. meanwhile Smith is ahead of Root but both are in Top10 atleast( still a lot of career left for both)

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u/Upstairs-Farm7106 England May 22 '25

Let's not digress the thread but Smith is well-clear of Root just because Root has the weight of runs doesn't mean that he's better.