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Joseph Edward Root, MBE (born 30 December 1990) is an English international cricketer, who plays for the English cricket team and formerly captained the Test team. He also represents Yorkshire in English domestic cricket.Root is currently the leading run-scorer among all active batsmen and the seventh highest run-scorer of all time in Test cricket and is the second highest run scorer for England after Sir Alastair Cook. Root is considered to be one of the greatest batsmen of his era and one ...
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 ...
Dec 30, 1990 · Joe Root, born on 30th December 1990, hails from a rich cricketing background. His grandfather captained Rotherham CC in the Yorkshire League for several seasons whilst his younger brother, Billy ...
Apr 20, 2022 · The list of great Test batsmen in weak batting sides, which Root joined, is short and select. Others include West Indies' George Headley before the Second World War, Martin Crowe of New Zealand ...
Star English batter Joe Root created history on Saturday (July 27) by becoming the first cricketer in the world to score 1000 runs in three World Test Championship (WTC) cycles. The right-handed ...
1 day ago · Ace England batter Joe Root has reclaimed the No.1 spot in the ICC Test batting rankings in the updated one announced on Wednesday, July 31. The right-handed batter dethroned Kane Williamson, who ...
Feb 5, 2021 · Jonathan Agnew assesses the form of Joe Root as he marks his 100th Test with another fine century as England impress on the first day of the series in India.
Aug 26, 2021 · Joe Root is in the sort of form that would make Midas look out of touch. The England captain's sublime 121 off 165 balls on the second day of the third Test against India at Emerald Headingley was ...
Jan 24, 2022 · In 2021, Root amassed 1708 runs in 15 matches which included six centuries. He was in sublime form, as he became only the third player in the history of the game to aggregate over 1700 runs in Test cricket in a calendar year joining the elite club of Mohammad Yousuf and Sir Vivian Richards ahead of him.
Jun 27, 2023 · Joe Root has spent about 487 hours of his life batting in Test cricket. He has faced nearly 20,000 deliveries and scored more than 11,000 runs.
