The former England captain ended the campaign with an unbeaten 142 with a Yorkshire teammate Jonny Bairstow (114 not out), he guided England to chase down their highest fourth-innings target of 378-3 during a seven-wicket win in the Covid-delayed fifth Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
With this win, England leveled the five-match series at 2-2.
In the 145-year history of Test cricket, only four other England batsmen have scored more runs than Root’s tally in this campaign.
Walter Hammond’s 905 runs for Australia in the 1928/29 Ashes is the most by any batsman from England.
but Graham Gooch752 runs against India were achieved in just three Test matches in 1990, with the prolific opener scoring 456 runs in a match at Lord’s, thanks to his innings of 333 and 123 in the ‘Home of Cricket’.
Most runs by an England batsman in a test series (player, opponent, season match, innings, not out, runs, highest score, average, 100, 50)
Walter Hammond vs AUS 1928/29(a) 5 9 1905 251 113.12 4 0
Alistair cook vs AUS 2010/11(A) 5 7 1 766 235 No. 127.66 3 2
Dennis Compton v RSA 1947 (H) 5 8 0 753 208 94.12 4 2
Graham Gooch vs India 1990 (H) 3 6 0 752 333 125.33 3 2
Joe Root vs India 2021-22 (H) 5 9 2 737 180 No 105.28 4 1