Personal Information

Full Name Joseph Edward Root
Born December 30, 1990 Sheffield, Yorkshire
Age 33 Years, 9 Months, 8 Days
National Side England
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling Off break
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting 1 44 -
Bowling 62 215 -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
13 10 2 1 0

Career Information

Teams Played England, England A, England XI, Yorkshire, Rajasthan Royals, England Under-19, Sydney Thunder, England Lions, Trent Rockets, Team Buttler, Paarl Royals, Dubai Capitals
Career Span

Joseph Edward Root Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
146 267 22 12402 254 v PAK 34 64 1343 44 50.62 56.92 201 0 12 8 1 ENG England ENG
ODI
171 160 23 6522 133* v BAN 16 39 520 49 47.60 86.77 85 0 9 7 2 ENG England ENG
World Cup
26 25 2 1034 121 v SL 3 6 88 6 44.95 88.15 25 0 1 1 2 ENG England ENG
T20I
32 30 5 893 90* v AUS 0 5 92 16 35.72 126.30 18 0 2 4 3 ENG England ENG
First-class
73 116 11 5055 236 v DER 14 21 593 13 48.14 58.84 49 0 10 2 4 - - -
List A
38 37 6 1213 110* v SL-A 1 8 111 3 39.12 79.54 12 0 4 0 5 - - -
CL
4 3 0 36 25 v SIX 0 0 5 1 12.00 83.72 1 0 0 0 6 YOR - -
IPL
3 1 0 10 10 v RCB 0 0 1 0 10.00 66.66 2 0 0 0 6 RR Rajasthan Royals RR
ttwenty_domestic
63 57 12 1363 92* v LAN 0 8 149 18 30.28 126.20 25 0 1 1 6 - - -
Youth Test
3 6 0 129 40 v SL-U19 0 0 15 0 21.50 37.60 2 0 1 0 21 - - -
Youth ODI
16 15 1 427 70* v HK-U19 0 3 33 1 30.50 55.67 5 0 1 1 22 - - -
ttwenty_non_domestic
5 5 1 214 82 v MIE 0 2 21 6 53.50 134.59 6 0 0 1 73 DC - -

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
151 954.1 159 3134 69 5/8 v IND 2 1 45.42 3.28 82.97 112 1 ENG England ENG
ODI
72 273 2 1587 27 3/52 v IRE 1 0 58.77 5.81 60.66 72 2 ENG England ENG
World Cup
9 29.1 0 178 4 2/27 v WI 0 0 44.50 6.10 43.75 9 2 ENG England ENG
T20I
9 14 0 139 6 2/9 v WI 0 0 23.16 9.92 14.00 9 3 ENG England ENG
First-class
76 452.5 86 1391 26 4/5 v LAN 3 0 53.50 3.07 104.50 56 4 - - -
List A
24 93.5 2 477 13 2/10 v BN-A 0 0 36.69 5.08 43.30 24 5 - - -
CL
4 5 0 49 1 1/26 v MI 0 0 49.00 9.80 30.00 4 6 YOR - -
IPL
1 2 0 14 0 0/14 v KKR 0 0 - 7.00 - 1 6 RR Rajasthan Royals RR
ttwenty_domestic
37 69 0 569 18 2/7 v DER 0 0 31.61 8.24 23.00 37 6 - - -
Youth Test
3 14.2 2 37 4 3/20 v SL-U19 1 0 9.25 2.58 21.50 2 21 - - -
Youth ODI
4 27 1 100 1 1/20 v SL-U19 0 0 100.00 3.70 162.00 4 22 - - -

Joseph Edward Root Profile

Joe Root has often been compared to Geoffrey Boycott and Michael Vaughan, two of Yorkshire's premium batsmen. The right-hand batsman was named in the U-19 squad for the World Cup in New Zealand after performing well against Bangladesh U-19 in 2009.


Root scored close to a 1000 runs for Yorkshire's first XI in 2009 and was given a chance to play for the England Lions. He made his first-class debut in 2010, and since then became a regular in the Lions setup. Impressing batting coach Graham Thorpe, Root scored 964 first-class runs in the season with a highest score of 222 against Hampshire. In 2012, the 21-year old was then handed a deserving berth in the national squad for the Test series against India, in place of retired Andrew Strauss along with a place in Yorkshire's T20 squad for the Champions League T20 that preceded the Indian tour. Root was drafted into the playing XI for the final Test during the historic tour of India in 2012 and impressed instantly on debut with his skilled batting in the one Test and his handy bowling in the shorter formats.


Ashes fame was to follow soon when Root scored 180 in the second Ashes Test at Lord's and gained truck-loads of respect for his maturity and temperament. The following Ashes had very little on the platter for Root as he and all other English batsmen included, couldn't handle the heat from the Australian quicks, losing the series 5-0. However, Root is currently one of England's most promising youngsters and the added responsibility of captaincy has taken his game up a notch.


Root faced issues regarding his conversion rate and that hit his captaincy a bit. Although he still was one of the top run-scorers for England in the 2017/18 Ashes, he didn't manage a single century. That hurt England's chances as they went down 0-4 against their arch-rivals. Series defeat in New Zealand followed and then England only managed a draw in a home Test series against Pakistan, raising questions over Root's leadership. But a thumping 4-1 win against India restored faith in Joe Root as he took a big step ahead towards taking England to glory.