Full name Joseph Edward Root
Born December 30, 1990, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Current age 30 years 68 days
Major teams England, England Lions, England Under-19s, Sydney Thunder, Yorkshire, Yorkshire 2nd XI, Yorkshire Academy, Yorkshire Under-17s
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relation Brother - WT Root
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 103 | 189 | 14 | 8617 | 254 | 49.24 | 15681 | 54.95 | 20 | 49 | 950 | 25 | 134 | 0 |
ODIs | 149 | 140 | 21 | 5962 | 133* | 50.10 | 6860 | 86.90 | 16 | 33 | 482 | 44 | 74 | 0 |
T20Is | 32 | 30 | 5 | 893 | 90* | 35.72 | 707 | 126.30 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 16 | 18 | 0 |
First-class | 163 | 285 | 25 | 12705 | 254 | 48.86 | 22763 | 55.81 | 30 | 66 | 1453 | 36 | 173 | 0 |
List A | 188 | 178 | 27 | 7246 | 133* | 47.98 | 8461 | 85.63 | 17 | 42 | 598 | 49 | 86 | 0 |
T20s | 77 | 71 | 14 | 1897 | 92* | 33.28 | 1480 | 128.17 | 0 | 13 | 212 | 28 | 34 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 103 | 95 | 3079 | 1604 | 37 | 5/8 | 5/33 | 43.35 | 3.12 | 83.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
ODIs | 149 | 68 | 1552 | 1491 | 26 | 3/52 | 3/52 | 57.34 | 5.76 | 59.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 32 | 9 | 84 | 139 | 6 | 2/9 | 2/9 | 23.16 | 9.92 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 163 | 154 | 5012 | 2621 | 57 | 5/8 | 5/33 | 45.98 | 3.13 | 87.9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
List A | 188 | 93 | 2139 | 1990 | 40 | 3/52 | 3/52 | 49.75 | 5.58 | 53.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 77 | 36 | 366 | 527 | 17 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 31.00 | 8.63 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | India v England at Nagpur, Dec 13-17, 2012 scorecard |
Last Test | India v England at Ahmedabad, Mar 4-6, 2021 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v England at Rajkot, Jan 11, 2013 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v Australia at Manchester, Sep 16, 2020 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | India v England at Mumbai, Dec 22, 2012 scorecard |
Last T20I | England v Pakistan at Cardiff, May 5, 2019 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | Yorkshire v Loughborough MCCU at Leeds, May 10-12, 2010 scorecard |
Last First-class | India v England at Ahmedabad, Mar 4-6, 2021 scorecard |
List A debut | Yorkshire v Essex at Leeds, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard |
Last List A | England v Australia at Manchester, Sep 16, 2020 scorecard |
T20s debut | Yorkshire v Warwickshire at Leeds, Jun 3, 2011 scorecard |
Last T20s | Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Leeds, Sep 20, 2020 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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5, 0/56, 30 | England | v India | Ahmedabad | 4 Mar 2021 | Test # 2414 |
17, 5/8, 19, 0/25 | England | v India | Ahmedabad | 24 Feb 2021 | Test # 2412 |
1/23, 6, 0/15, 33 | England | v India | Chennai | 13 Feb 2021 | Test # 2411 |
218, 0/14, 40 | England | v India | Chennai | 5 Feb 2021 | Test # 2409 |
186, 2/0, 11 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 22 Jan 2021 | Test # 2405 |
228, 0/19, 1 | England | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 14 Jan 2021 | Test # 2403 |
74* | Team Root | v Team Buttler | Hambantota | 8 Jan 2021 | Other |
45* | Team Buttler | v Team Morgan | Paarl | 23 Nov 2020 | Other T20 |
77, 1/19 | Team Buttler | v Team Morgan | Cape Town | 21 Nov 2020 | Other OD |
1/28, 60* | Yorkshire | v Derbyshire | Leeds | 20 Sep 2020 | T20 |
That Joe Root would one day captain England was taken as read when he hit the grand old age of 23. The accolade everybody anticipated became his three years later, when Alastair Cook stood down after the 2016-17 tour of India. It was understandable that there were a few fears for Root's future workload. He was rare among England batsmen in achieving maturity so quickly, and had looked consumed by the delights of batting from the moment he first took guard. Now he had new responsibilities.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2014
Awarded the MBE in December 2019