Joe Root News

Fans can vote for their favourite players the first time ever as the ICC announced nominations for their Awards of the Decade.

Virat Kohli has also been nominated for the ICC Men's ODI Player of the Decade, T20I Player of the Decade, Men's Test Player of the Decade and ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade.

Olly Stone took three wickets for 12 runs and Joe Root hit an unbeaten 45 as Team Jos Buttler beat Team Eoin Morgan in a practice T20 match.

England will play two T20 intra-squad matches on Monday, ahead of their T20Is vs South Africa.

Other than Jonny Bairstow, even England cricketer Mark Wood has been handed only a white-ball contract.

David Warner was forced to walk back early to the pavilion, following an absolute ripper from none other than Joe Root.

Steve Smith said Joe Root is a "terrific player" across all formats and said he is surprised that he has been left out of the T20I squad against Australia.

England announced they had recalled several World Cup winners for their upcoming white-ball series against Australia but Test captain Joe Root has again been omitted from the T20I squad.

Joe Root has played 97 Tests and 146 one-day internationals, but he has only represented England on 32 occasions in T20I cricket.

Pakistan lost the three-match Test series against England under Azhar Ali's captaincy.