Root's sixth double-century cements legacy as England's Test batting titan

In the ancient city of Multan, across four days of Test cricket, Joe Root added another chapter to what is becoming one of sport's most quietly extraordinary careers. His sixth double-century — scored against Pakistan on foreign soil where he had never before reached three figures — placed him second among English batsmen in cricket's most demanding format, while simultaneously lifting him into the company of Tendulkar, Ponting, and Dravid among the game's all-time run-scorers. It is the story of a man who has chosen, again and again, the harder path of accumulation over spectacle — and in doi