Joe Root

Joe Root Biography

After a good performance for England Under-19s, Joe Root was somewhat unfairly thrown to the lions on a slow turner against India at Nagpur during the 2012-13 tour, but he made an impact with a solid 229-ball 73 — still the sixth-longest Test innings by an Englishman — and has never looked back ever since.

Promoted to open batting in the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge in 2013, Root slammed a mammoth 180 against Australia at Lord’s. The Yorkshire cricketer is that perfect blend of dour fighting attitude and relentless stamina (that has resulted in Yorkshire producing world-class openers over decades) and gorgeous drives, especially on the rise off the front foot.

Despite going through a rough patch in 2012, he fought back with 222 against Hampshire, was named Cricket Writer’s Young Player of the Year the next season, and scored a dogged 87 at Adelaide — one of the few face-saving performances for England in the embarrassing whitewash of the 2013-14 Ashes.

Back home, Root announced his comeback by scoring his first double-hundred, an unbeaten 200 against Sri Lanka at Lord’s. His strokeplay has earned him fast runs in the shorter versions of the sport, especially during his famous unbeaten 49-ball 90 in a T20I against Australia at Rose Bowl in 2009.

As an aftermath of the 2015 World Cup nightmare, the selectors decided to draft in limited-overs specialists for both ODIs and T20Is. Root was one of the few who was retained across formats. He continued to perform brilliantly across formats, but seldom better than in the 2016 World T20 final — where he scored a 36-ball 54 and took 2 wickets with his first 3 balls — only to see England lose the match.

Root was one of the few Englishmen to return from the India tour of 2016-17 with his reputation unscathed. He scored 491 runs from 5 Tests, crossing fifty at least once in every Test.

When Alastair Cook stepped down from Test captaincy after the series, Root was named his replacement.

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Joe Root Batting & Fielding Averages

Career	M	In	R	NO	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	105	193	8714	14	254	48.68	15933	54.69	20	49	963	25	135	0
ODIs	152	142	6109	23	133*	51.33	7034	86.84	16	35	491	44	77	0
T20s	32	30	893	5	90*	35.72	707	126.3	0	5	92	16	18	0
World Cup	23	21	945	4	121	55.58	1120	84.37	3	5	80	5	23	0

Joe Root Bowling Averages

Career	M	B	R	W	Avg	EC	SR	5WI	10WM	BBI	BBM
Test	105	3269	1703	38	44.81	3.125	86.	1	0	2/0	2/0
ODIs	152	1552	1491	26	57.34	5.764	59.69	0	0	2/0	2/0
T20s	32	84	139	6	23.16	9.928	14.00	0	0	1/0	1/0
World Cup	23	162	157	5	31.40	5.814	32.40	0	--		2/0

Joe Root Career statistics

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