Harry Brook has notched up his maiden triple century in the ongoing first Test against Pakistan in Multan. He is the sixth England batter to do so in the history of Test cricket and the first after 1990 for his country. At the same time, he has also broken Virender Sehwag's 20-year-old massive record to become the new Sultan of Multan.
Sehwag had scored 309 runs off 375 deliveries back in 2004 in Multan as India had amassed 675 runs in the first innings before declaring. Brook has surpassed Sehwag's tally with his gigantic effort as England are approaching the 800-run mark in their innings. Brook's 300 is also the second-fastest behind Sehwag who had done it back in 2008 in Chennai against South Africa.
In fact, Brook's 317-run knock is the second-highest individual score by a foreign player in Pakistan ever in Test cricket. He fell only 17 runs short of Mark Taylor's unbeaten 334-run knock that came way back in 1998 in Peshawar. Coming back to Sehwag's record, Brook's 317 is now the highest ever in Multan in Test cricket.
Highest individual score by a foreign player in Pakistan in Tests
| Player |
Score |
| Mark Taylor (Australia) |
334* |
| Harry Brook (England) |
317 |
| Virender Sehwag (India) |
309 |
| Rahul Dravid (India) |
270 |
| Joe Root (England) |
262 |
Meanwhile, England are on the verge of a famous win thanks to Harry Brook's assault along with Joe Root. The duo added 454 runs for the fourth wicket to help England post a massive total of 823 runs for the loss of seven wickets. The visitors declared their innings after taking a lead of 267 runs in the first innings. Pakistan collapsed in their second essay and were reeling at 82/6 at one stage before the unbeaten 70-run stand between Salman Ali Agha and Aamer Jamal took the game into the fifth day.
