Joe Root secured his latest slice of Test cricket history at the Kia Oval but was left on a one-man mission, as New Zealand circled victory over England in the second Rothesay Test.
Root, standing in as interim captain this week following Ben Stokes’ curfew-breaking night out, followed Indian great Sachin Tendulkar as only the second player to reach 14,000 Test runs on day four in south London.