England vs New Zealand: Trent Boult breaks Muttiah Muralitharan’s file of most Test runs as a No.11 batter

ENG vs NZ, 2nd Test: Trent Boult scored 17 runs off 15 balls in New Zealand’s second innings of the match on the Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

Trent Boult. Courtesy: Reuters

HIGHLIGHTSBoult has scored 640 runs from 69 matchesBoult surpassed the legendary Muttiah MuralitharanBoult achieved the feat through the Nottingham Test

New Zealand’s Trent Boult has develop into the highest scorer in Test cricket whereas taking part in at No.11, having scored 640 runs from 69 matches at a median of 16.41 with one half-century to his identify. The right-handed batter achieved the feat through the Black Caps’ second Test towards England at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.

On Day 5 of the continued Test, Boult scored 17 runs off 15 balls with three fours, serving to the Kiwis set the Three Lions a stiff goal of 299 to chase down. Boult surpassed Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan, who scored 623 runs from 87 matches at a median of 11.32 with a high rating of 43.

Boult has a high rating of an unbeaten 52 towards Bangladesh again in 2013 on the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. It exhibits that he’s no mug with the bat by any stretch of the creativeness. In the earlier version of the Super Smash, New Zealand’s home T20 competitors, Boult smashed a six to take his staff residence.

James Anderson, who can also be taking part in the sport in Nottingham, is at the moment third within the listing with 618 runs from 119 matches at a median of 8.13. Anderson received his high rating of 81 towards MS Dhoni’s India method again in 2014 at Trent Bridge.

Australia’s Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood have scored 336 and 260 runs respectively within the purest format of the sport. As far as Boult is anxious, he additionally picked up a five-wicket haul within the first innings of the continued Test match.