Though England couldn't regain the Ashes urn but on the first day of fifth and final Test at The Oval, captain Joe Root achieved a special milestone as he became the third youngest batsman ever after Sir Alastair Cook and Sachin Tendulkar to score 7000 runs in Test cricket. He got to this milestone when he reached 35 in in his 57 runs knock. Overall he is the 12th England batsman to score 7000 or more runs in Test cricket. 

Youngest batsmen to score 7000 Test runs -

27y 346d - Alastair Cook

28y 193d - Sachin Tendulkar

28y 256d - Joe Root

7000 plus Test runs for England -

12472 - Alastair Cook

8900 - Graham Gooch

8463 - Alec Stewart

8231 - David Gower

8181 - Kevin Pietersen

8114 - Geoff Boycott

7728 - Michael Atherton

7727 - Ian Bell

7624 - Colin Cowdrey

7249 - Wally Hammond

7037 - Andrew Strauss

7022 - Joe Root