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England has become the first team in Test cricket history to score 5 lakh runs. This extraordinary record was accomplished 147 years later, with contributions from 717 players and almost 18,900 individual innings.
England has become the first team: In the second innings of the Wellington Test against New Zealand, Harry Brook scored England’s 500,000th run off William O’Rourke’s delivery in the 51st over. This historic event symbolizes England’s long-term success in the game’s longest format.
In terms of overall Test cricket runs scored, Australia is second only behind England. Despite beginning their Test career alongside England in 1877, Australia’s total currently stands at slightly over 428,000 runs.
India ranks third on the list, having scored more over 278,000 runs in 586 Test matches. This displays England and Australia’s supremacy in Test cricket history, as well as India’s continuous growth in the game.
