In the third ODI match against Sri Lanka, England stalwart Joe Root played an unbeaten knock of 111 runs off 108 deliveries. His knock was laced with nine boundaries and a maximum

With this, he surpassed West Indies' legendary cricketer Brian Lara in the list of the highest run-getters in international cricket

Root is now the eighth-highest run-scorer in international cricket

Lara, who has now slipped to the ninth position, has 22,358 runs in 430 international matches. He also registered 53 centuries and 111 half-centuries across all formats

The 35-year-old English cricketer now has 22,413 runs in 384 matches and 506 innings at an average of 49.69. The veteran batter has notched up 61 centuries and 116 half-centuries