Harry Brooke broke the 125-year-old English record.

 

Harry Roque became the highest run-scorer for an English batsman in the first 6 innings. Photochromic info

Harry Brooke broke England's 125-year-old record by scoring a century in the Karachi Test.

Aggressive middle-order batsman Harry Roque became the highest run-scorer in the first 6 innings for an English batsman.

Kumar Ranjit Sanji scored 418 runs in the first 6 innings in 1897 but Harry Brooke has scored 465 runs in 5 innings of the Test series against Pakistan so far.

The record for the highest number of runs in the first 6 innings is held by Vinod Kambli of India who scored 669 runs in the first 6 Test innings.