Most Test Runs 2022: Joe Root, Babar Azam, and Usman Khawaja are currently battling out for the milestone of most Test runs in 2022. With injured Jonny Bairstow out of the race, the aforementioned trio along with Ben Stokes will have a chance to be at the top of the pile in terms of most Test runs in the ongoing calendar year. Pakistan vs England and Australia vs West Indies Test series starting this week will give these stars the perfect opportunity to gather more runs against their name. Follow PAK vs ENG and AUS vs WI LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Most Test Runs in 2022
- Bairstow – 1061
- Root – 973
- Khawaja – 888
- Ben Stokes – 697
- Babar Azam – 661
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In Australia vs West Indies series, all eyes will be on Usman Khwaja who has stunning start to 2022. And with the looks of his past exploits, one can be assured that the experienced Australia batter will not go easy on the Caribbean team.
Khawaja registered his fourth century of the year when he scored an unbeaten 104 for Australia during the second innings of the third Test against Pakistan in Lahore. The in-form 35-year-old has now amassed 888 runs in 2022 thus far with three 50s.
| Year 2022 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 888 | 160 | 98.66 | 1711 | 51.89 |
While In Pakistan vs England Test series, eyes will be on Joe Root, Babar Azam, and Ben Stokes as the trio will fight for the title of most runs in 2022. Notably this year’s highest run scorer in Test (till now) Jonny Bairstow is not playing in this historic series because of an injury.
Talking about former England captain Joe Root, in this calendar year so far, the 31-year-old, across the 22 innings (12 Tests) has amassed a mind-boggling 973 runs at an average of 51.21, with the assistance of 5 centuries and a half-century.
| Year 2022 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 973 | 176 | 51.21 | 1575 | 61.77 |
Most Test Runs 2022: Joe Root, Babar Azam and Usman Khawaja BATTLE for Most Test Runs in Calendar Year, Jonny Bairstow OUT of RACE, Follow Live Updates
The current England Test captain Ben Stokes is also in the fray of top-run getters with 697 runs against his name. He has smashed 2 centuries and four 50s in 2022 so far.
| Year 2022 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 697 | 120 | 36.68 | 1030 | 67.66 | 2 | 4 |
The other player who will have home conditions on his side is Babar Azam. Pakistan captain is a force to reckon with, especially in red-ball cricket and he will make sure to use the home conditions in his favor to pile more runs. He has amassed 661 runs with an average of 73.44 in 2022 Tests.
Pakistani opener has smashed two centuries and four 50s in this calendar year.
| Year 2022 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 661 | 196 | 73.44 | 1349 | 48.99 | 2 | 4 |
When the series kicks off in Rawalpindi on 1 December, it will see the two teams play each other for the first time on Pakistani soil in a Test match in 17 years. The broadcast of this much-anticipated series will be available through PTV Sports on Linear TV and ARY Zap on live-streaming within Pakistan. Etisalat (Middle-East and North Africa), Flow Sports (Caribbean), Sky NZ (New Zealand), Fox Sports (Australia), Sky Sports (United Kingdom), Sony (South Asia outside Pakistan), Super Sports (Sub-Saharan Africa) and Willow TV (North America) will also broadcast this series.
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BBC Sport (United Kingdom) and FM 106.2 (Pakistan) will be radio partners for the series.
