Joe Root became the club's last 10,000 run at Test cricket and achieved remarkable success on Day 4 of the opening test against New Zealand on Sunday. Root became the second Englishman to reach a milestone after Alastair Cook and a total of 14. In his 218th inning, he reached 10,000 shots and became the fastest England striker to do so.

Cook reached a milestone in his 229th inning. In fact, Root was also the youngest to reach the mark alongside Cook, who both reached a milestone at the age of 31.

Root scored an undefeated 115 in the Lord's Test to help England beat New Zealand by five goals and take a 1-0 lead in a series of three matches.

His magnificent century saved them from a score of 69/4 as they fell behind 277 in the Lord's and sealed the victory in Ben Stokes' first match as captain of the English test.

Here is the list of cricketers to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket:

1. Sachin Tendulkar (India) - 15,921

2. Ricky Ponting (Australia) - 13,378

3. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) - 13,289

4. Rahul Dravid (India) - 13,288

5. Alastair Cook (England) - 12,472

6. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) - 12,400

7. Brian Lara (West Indies) - 11,953

8. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) - 11,867

9. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) - 11,814

10. Allan Border (Australia) - 11,174

11. Steve Waugh (Australia) - 10,927

12. Sunil Gavaskar (India) - 10,122

13. Younis Khan (Pakistan) - 10,099

14. Joe Root (England) - 10,015*