England captain Joe Root will transfer to outright third on the all-time checklist for many Take a look at appearances when England face Pakistan within the third Take a look at this week.
Root, 35, is at the moment joint-third place for all-time Take a look at appearances with former Australia captains Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh. The trio all sit on 168 Take a look at caps every.
Former India batter Sachin Tendulkar has the all-time report, making precisely 200 Take a look at outings between 1989 and 2013. Former England quick bowler James Anderson, who retired in 2024, is second on the checklist with 188 caps.
Two different ex-England gamers make the highest 10, with Stuart Broad (167) and Sir Alastair Cook dinner (161) among the many 10 gamers to have remodeled 160 appearances within the format.
South Africa’s Jacques Kallis (166), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (164) of the West Indies and Tendulkar’s former teammate Rahul Dravid (164) make up the remainder of the highest 10.
Root is the one member of the highest 10 that’s nonetheless taking part in Take a look at cricket. The following-highest on the checklist is Australia spin bowler Nathan Lyon (143), who’s ranked fifteenth.
In girls’s cricket, the report for many Take a look at appearances is held by Janette Brittain. She gained 27 caps for England between 1979 and 1998.
