Joe Root is regarded as one of the best batsmen of the modern era.
113 Facts About Joe Root
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Joe Root is currently the leading run-scorer among all active batters and the eleventh highest run-scorer of all time in Test cricket.
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Joe Root made his Test debut in 2012, his ODI debut in 2013, and played for the England Twenty20 International team between 2012 and 2019.
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Joe Root captained England's Test team between February 2017 and April 2022, and holds the records for most Test matches, wins and losses as England captain.
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Joe Root was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup and was England's leading run-scorer at the tournament.
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Joe Root was named both the ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year and the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 2021.
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Joe Root is England's second-highest run-scorer in Tests behind Alastair Cook, and England's second-highest run-scorer in ODIs behind Eoin Morgan.
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Joe Root holds the record for most ODI centuries for England with 16 and, along with James Anderson, holds the world record for highest tenth-wicket stand in Tests.
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Joe Root is the eldest son of Helen and Matt Joe Root and grew up in Dore, Sheffield.
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Joe Root attended Dore Primary and King Ecgbert School in Sheffield, and at 15, on a cricket sports scholarship, Worksop College as a weekly boarder.
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Joe Root followed in his father's footsteps by joining Sheffield Collegiate CC, in Abbeydale Park.
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Former Yorkshire batter and England captain Michael Vaughan plied his trade at Collegiate and was a source of inspiration for Joe Root, who became a protege of his.
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Joe Root won Player of the Tournament in the prestigious Bunbury Festival.
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Joe Root is a supporter of the association football club Sheffield United.
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Joe Root made his Yorkshire second team debut on 18 July 2007 against Derbyshire at Abbeydale Park.
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Joe Root scored 57, putting on a 133 first-wicket stand with Adam Lyth.
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Joe Root continued to represent the academy side and was named player of the tournament as Yorkshire's Academy won the ProARCH Trophy in Abu Dhabi.
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Joe Root was selected for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, making an unbeaten 70 in a victory against Hong Kong as England progressed to the quarter-finals before being eliminated by the West Indies.
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Joe Root captained Yorkshire in the match that they won the 2014 County Championship title and helped them retain it the following year.
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Joe Root made his T20 debut in the second of a two-match series that followed, although he was not requited to bat.
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Joe Root was included in the ODI squad after Jonny Bairstow withdrew.
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Joe Root made scores of 36 and 39 in the next two matches, before making his maiden ODI fifty in the fourth match of the series, although England lost by five wickets.
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In doing so, Joe Root became the first batter to start his ODI career with six consecutive scores of over 30 and finished the series with 163 runs.
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Joe Root was named in the England squad for the Champions Trophy.
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Joe Root featured against Sri Lanka and hit 68 runs off 55 balls in a seven-wicket loss.
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Joe Root helped England to a 10-run win over New Zealand by making 38 runs off 40 balls, which secured them a place in the semi-finals.
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Joe Root was asked to opening the batting with captain Alastair Cook for the Ashes after the selectors decided to drop Nick Compton from the England side.
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England retained the Ashes after a drawn third Test and victory in the fourth saw the series won, though Joe Root did not contribute significantly to either result.
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Joe Root top-scored for England in the final Test to finish the series with 339 runs.
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Joe Root was selected to bat at number four for the first T20I, with Australia setting England 249 to win.
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Joe Root played in the second game, which England won, to split the series.
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Joe Root was moved back to number six for the first Test with Michael Carberry given the opening batter role alongside Alastair Cook.
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Joe Root only managed two runs from seven balls in the first innings before being caught off a Mitchell Johnson delivery.
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The second Test saw Joe Root move up to number three, filling the spot vacated by Jonathan Trott, who had returned home due to a stress related illness.
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Joe Root scored only 15 runs, which was the third highest number of runs scored by an England batter in the first innings, in a collapse by England.
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Joe Root was out controversially for just four in the first innings of the third Test and made 19 in the second as England lost the match and as a result relinquished the Ashes.
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When England lost the fourth Test, Joe Root was dropped for the final Test, with Yorkshire teammate Gary Ballance making his Test debut.
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Joe Root batted at three in the first ODI he only made three runs before getting out LBW.
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Joe Root managed to take the wicket of David Warner as Australia cruised to a six-wicket victory.
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England kept faith despite Joe Root's waning form and he played in the second ODI, but only made two runs before Mitchell Johnson trapped him in front.
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Joe Root did contribute with the ball by taking the wickets of Shaun Marsh and Michael Clarke.
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Joe Root was dropped for third and fourth ODIs due to his poor run of scoring, but returned for the final match, adding 55 from 86 balls.
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Joe Root was named in the T20 side and in the first match made 32 off 24 before being caught by Aaron Finch.
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Joe Root was picked in the squad for the 2014 tour of West Indies.
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Joe Root was selected for the first ODI, he took the wicket of Kieran Powell before making 37 runs off 48 balls in England's failed attempt to chase the score.
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Joe Root batted at number 4 in the third ODI where he made his maiden ODI century hitting 107 runs off 122 balls and taking 1 wicket in England's 25 run win.
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Joe Root is the fourth youngest English batter to score a double century.
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Joe Root scored his 4th Test century for England in the first Test Match against India at Trent Bridge.
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Joe Root won the Man of the Match award for his performance in that Test.
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Joe Root finished the Test series with 518 runs and 1 wicket.
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Joe Root had an indifferent time in the ODI series, after the first match was abandoned he made scores of 4 and 2 in the second and third ODI's.
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Joe Root put in a match of the match performance in the 5th ODI by making an unbeaten 104 and helping to guide England to a win that kept the series alive.
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Joe Root made 121 against Sri Lanka and in doing so became the youngest English player to score a century at a World Cup.
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Joe Root was selected in the England squad for the 2015 West Indies tour.
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Joe Root bowled 13 overs and took the wickets of Darren Bravo and key man Shivnarine Chanderpaul in the last innings as the match was drawn.
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Joe Root finished the series with 358 runs and 3 wickets.
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Joe Root scored 98 in the first innings to help England recover from a precarious position to post 389.
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Joe Root again contributed in the second innings, scoring 84 to help put England in a strong position.
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Joe Root picked up a wicket in New Zealand's second innings as England won the match by 124 runs.
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Joe Root finished the Test series with 183 runs and 1 wicket.
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Joe Root was selected in a revamped ODI squad for the five-match series.
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Joe Root performed more strongly in the third ODI, scoring 54, but England lost again, this time by 3 wickets.
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Joe Root scored 134 off 166 balls, helping England to a total of 430.
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Joe Root finished the series as England's highest run scorer making 460 runs and taking 4 wickets.
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Joe Root was selected for the England squad on the tour to the UAE in 2015 to face Pakistan.
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Joe Root went on to score 71 off 171 balls in the second innings and this put him up to No 1 on the ICC Player Rankings for a second time rising above Steve Smith.
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Joe Root finished the series with 287 runs, England's second highest run scorer.
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Joe Root was named in the Test XI of the year 2015 by Cricinfo.
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Joe Root was not selected for the first T20I as England fielded an experimental side.
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Joe Root made 20 runs off 16 balls in the narrow 3 run win.
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Joe Root scored his 9th Test century, scoring 110 from 139 balls, in the third Test to help England to surpass South Africa's total of 313.
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Joe Root backed this up with his 7th ODI century scoring 125 in a losing effort in the third ODI.
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Joe Root finished as England's second highest scorer with 351 runs.
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Joe Root was selected in the England squad for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.
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Joe Root featured in the first match against the West Indies and scored 48 from 36 balls in a losing effort.
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In England's narrow victory against Afghanistan, Joe Root made 12 runs before being run out.
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England faced New Zealand in the semi-final and were set to chase 154, Joe Root scored 27* from 22 balls to secure a place in the final.
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Joe Root finished the tournament as the 3rd highest scorer with 249 runs.
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Joe Root became only the 3rd player after Shahid Afridi and Marlon Samuels to score a fifty and to take at least a wicket in an ICC World T20 final.
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Joe Root was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by Cricinfo and Cricbuzz.
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Joe Root was selected in the England squad for the Sri Lankan tour of England.
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Joe Root was rested for the ODI series against Bangladesh, but was included in the Test squad.
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Joe Root made 124 in England's first innings of the first Test against India as England made 537, though the match ended in a draw.
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Joe Root was named as part of the 'Team of the Tournament' at the 2017 Champions Trophy by the ICC, after he finished as the fourth highest run-scorer with England making the semi-final.
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Joe Root had a good start to the tournament, scoring two centuries and three fifties in England's first six matches.
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On 21 June 2019, in the match against Sri Lanka, Joe Root played in his 250th international match for England.
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Joe Root was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2019 World Cup by the ICC.
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On 29 June 2021, in the opening fixture against Sri Lanka, Joe Root played in his 150th ODI match.
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In May 2022, Joe Root was named in England Test squad's for the New Zealand cricket team in England in 2022 In the second innings of the first Test match, he scored 115* which helped England to chase down 277 runs.
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Joe Root finished the series with over 700 runs in five Tests.
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In July 2022, Joe Root was named in England ODI and Test squad's for the South African cricket team in England in 2022 In the Test series, he scored a total 46 runs in 4 innings.
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Joe Root replaced Alastair Cook as the full-time Test captain on 13 February 2017 following the latter's resignation, making him England's 80th captain.
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Joe Root was the 6th England player to score a Test century on captaincy debut.
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Joe Root had an influence on county teammate Gary Ballance's recall to the England squad.
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Joe Root captained England for the first time in Tests in the home series against South Africa, having been appointed to the role earlier in the year.
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In Brisbane England batted first and scored 302 and 195, with Joe Root's scores being 15 and 51.
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Joe Root failed to convert any of his five half-centuries into centuries in the series.
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Joe Root failed to make a score in the first 4 Tests, but scored 125 in the last Test.
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Joe Root impressed in the preceding ODI series against India, scoring 217 runs, which included two back-to-back centuries.
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Joe Root became the first English captain to win a Test series in Sri Lanka since 2001, ending a run of 3 series in Sri Lanka without a win.
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Joe Root scored 124 in the 2nd Test to secure a series win; his first ever Test series away win as captain.
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Joe Root made a half century in the first Test as Australia won by 251 runs, while the second Test at Lord's was drawn, with Joe Root making 14 and 0.
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England capitalised by levelling the series courtesy of an incredible one wicket win at Headingley, with Ben Stokes making 135* in a record fourth innings chase for England, Joe Root scoring 0 and 77.
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Australia retained the Ashes with a 185 run victory at Old Trafford in the fourth Test, helped by a first innings double hundred from the returning Steve Smith, as Joe Root made scores of 71 and 0.
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Joe Root again made a half-century but failed to score a century in the series, leading to further criticism of Joe Root's conversion rate.
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In December 2019, in the second Test match against New Zealand, Joe Root scored his first double century as captain of England, and became the first visiting captain to score a double century in New Zealand in Test cricket.
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Joe Root had a consistent series with the bat, making three half-centuries, but was criticised once more for not converting his fifties into hundreds.
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In November 2020, Joe Root was nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade and the award for Test cricketer of the decade.
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Joe Root led England for the two match Test series against Sri Lanka, which was previously postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Joe Root's run of form continued into the second, where, by scoring 186, he became the first Englishman since David Gower to pass 150 in consecutive Tests.
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Joe Root led England for the four match Test series against India in India.
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Later in the summer, Joe Root continued his good form in Tests, with centuries in each of the first three games in the series against India seeing him return to the top of the ICC Test batting rankings.
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On 15 April 2022, having captained England 64 times, Joe Root resigned as Test captain stating: "It has been the most challenging decision I have had to make in my career but having discussed this with my family and those closest to me; I know the timing is right".