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A crossroads for Joe Root

Long hailed for his extraordinary talent, Root is still to quite make good. And England can't afford to give him the time they gave a young Ian Bell to blossom

28-May-2014•Jon Hotten

England defeat 'embarrassing' - Root

Joe Root has admitted that England's 157-run defeat to Sri Lanka in the second ODI was "embarrassing" and said improved performances are required to keep the paying public interested

26-May-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Yorkshire show virtues of taking Root

Solid second innings batting by Yorkshire, led by Joe Root and Adam Lyth, has put the visitors in a very strong position at Lord's

28-Apr-2014•George Dobell at Lord's

Root's return burdened by captaincy

Joe Root, making his first-class return after sustaining a broken thumb in Antigua, found himself promoted to the captaincy against Middlesex

27-Apr-2014•George Dobell at Lord's

Chapple to take charge at Lancashire

Glen Chapple, Lancashire's captain and veteran attack leader, will take charge of the first team for the rest of the season, stepping up to fill the gap left by Peter Moores' appointment as England coach

25-Apr-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Root plans happier purple patch

Joe Root beat a rapid retreat from Yorkshire's season opening media event at Headingley for an x-ray on a broken thumb that for much of the past month has born a similarity to Yorkshire's startling new purple one-day kit

07-Apr-2014•Les Smith

An age-old problem for England

England will probably make at least two changes to their team for the second T20 against West Indies, but it may be a case of papering over cracks

10-Mar-2014•George Dobell in Barbados

Root ruled out of World T20

Joe Root has, as expected, been ruled out of the World T20 due to the broken thumb which forced him to leave the tour of West Indies last week

10-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Root set to miss World T20

Joe Root has been ruled out of the Twenty20 series against West Indies and, in all probability, the World Twenty20 to follow after x-rays revealed he had suffered a broken thumb in the deciding ODI in Antigua

06-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

England spring shoots of regrowth

Victory in a short and, at times, low quality one-day series should not be over-hyped but all recoveries have to start somewhere and England's may just have begun in Antigua

06-Mar-2014•George Dobell in Antigua

Root's pain

ESPNcricinfo presents plays of the day from the deciding one-day international between West Indies and England

05-Mar-2014•Andrew McGlashan

Root hits ton but Corbin makes England work

Joe Root warmed up for the one-day series against West Indies with an unbeaten 104, but England were given a scare by Kyle Corbin who struck a powerful century

25-Feb-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

A tale of two Yorkshire lads

The careers of two present-day England players have been noticeably intertwined since their days in youth cricket

14-Feb-2014•Matthew Bremner

Australia hit back for five-run win

Brilliant for much of this summer, Australia settled for simply being the lucky country on their national day, as a fortuitous moment at the pointy end of the final ODI effectively handed the hosts a fourth limited-overs victory out of five

26-Jan-2014•The Report by Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

Tough times for Finn and Root

England at least have a win under their belt heading into the second one-day international, but Steve Finn has joined the list of those to head home early and Joe Root may have to be dropped

15-Jan-2014•Vithushan Ehantharajah

A catalogue of underperformance

ESPNcricinfo examines how England's players acquitted themselves during the disastrous 5-0 defeat in Australia

06-Jan-2014•George Dobell

Mighty young Joe

He stood up to Mitchell Johnson and showed the fight England and their fans needed. Joe Root was the boy who wouldn't back down

08-Dec-2013•Jarrod Kimber at Adelaide Oval

Root fights but Australia tighten grip

As Joe Root led a stubborn England rearguard action in a third Test that logically seems as good as lost, perhaps the name of Faf du Plessis occasionally sustained him. It was du Plessis who stonewalled for seven-and-a-half hours on this ground a year ago

08-Dec-2013•The Report by David Hopps at Adelaide Oval

Bring on the bouncers - Root

Joe Root is prepared for Australia's physical challenge having been hardened for the task in Adelaide grade cricket

01-Dec-2013•Daniel Brettig

Root most likely solution for No. 3

Joe Root is the likeliest solution to England's issue of who will bat No. 3 in the second Test in Adelaide after Jonathan Trott's return to England with a stress-related illness.

26-Nov-2013•David Hopps

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