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    All You Need to Know About Joe Root – The English Cricketer

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    All You Need to Know About Joe Root – The English Cricketer

    All You Need to Know About Joe Root – Joseph Edward Root is an English cricketer who was born on December 30, 1990. He played for the England Test and One Day International (ODI) teams and used to lead the Test team. He also plays cricket for the county of Yorkshire in England.

    All You Need to Know About Joe Root - Joseph Edward Root is an English cricketer who was born on December 30, 1990.

    Joe Root’s Career Milestones

    Root played his first Test in 2012 and his first ODI in 2013. From 2012 to 2019, he was a member of the England T20I team. Between February 2017 and April 2022, he was the captain of England’s Test team. He holds the records for the most Test matches (64), wins (27), and losses (26) as the England captain. In 2018, when England played its 1,000th Test, the England and Wales Cricket Board put Root in the country’s all-time best Test XI. He competed for England in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, which they won. During the tournament, he scored the most runs for England. He was named the ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year and the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 2021. In June 2022, he became the second English batsman and the fourteenth overall to reach 10,000 runs in a Test. As of July 2022, the ICC Men’s Player Rankings list him as the best Test batsman in the world.

    Joe Root is a right-handed batsman who used to open the innings but has spent most of his time for England in the middle order. He has scored more runs for England than anyone else in Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODIs), but not as many as Alastair Cook. He scored 16 centuries in ODIs for England, a record. Along with James Anderson, he also holds the world record for the highest tenth-wicket stand in Tests, which they did with 198 runs against India in 2014 when they came to England on the cricket tour. Root sometimes bowls with an off-spin.

    Early years, career beginning, and family

    Root is Helen and Matt Root’s eldest son. He grew up in Dore, Sheffield. He went to Dore Primary School and King Ecgbert School in Sheffield. When he was 15, he went to Worksop College as a weekly boarder on a cricket sports scholarship. After that, Root joined Sheffield Collegiate CC in Abbeydale Park, just like his father did. Michael Vaughan, a former batsman for Yorkshire and England captain, also learned his trade at Collegiate. He was an inspiration to Root, who became his protege, and taught him a lot.

    In March 2016, Root got engaged to his girlfriend, Caroline Cotterell. Alfred William was born on January 7, 2017, and the two of them got married on December 1, 2018. On July 8, 2020, they welcomed their daughter, Isabella.

    Captaincy

    Root took over as full-time Test captain on February 13, 2017, after Alastair Cook quit. This made him England’s 80th captain. On July 6, 2017, in his first match as captain, against South Africa at Lord’s, Root hit 190, his 12th Test century. He was the sixth England player (and the one with the most runs) to score a century on his first Test as captain. He also helped get Gary Ballance back into the England team, who played for the same county as him.

    On January 4, 2022, at the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney, he led England for the 60th time. This made him the England captain with the most Test matches. Root quit as Test captain on April 15, 2022, after leading England 64 times.

    Awards

    AwardWhen
    ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year2021
    ICC Test Team of the Year2014, 2015, 2016, 2021
    Wisden Cricketer of the Year2014
    ICC ODI Team of the Year2015, 2018
    England Test Cricketer of the Year2015
    England Limited-Overs Cricketer of the Year2015
    ICC Player of the MonthAugust 2021
    PCA Player of the Year2021
    Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the YearApril 2022

    Test centuries

    No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/A/NDateResult
    1104New Zealand512/2Headingley, LeedsHome24 May 2013Won
    2180Australia232/5Lord’s, LondonHome18 July 2013Won
    3200*Sri Lanka511/2Lord’s, LondonHome12 June 2014Drawn
    4154*India521/5Trent Bridge, NottinghamHome9 July 2014Drawn
    5149*India525/5The Oval, LondonHome15 August 2014Won
    6182*West Indies522/3National Cricket Stadium, St. George’sAway21 April 2015Won
    7134Australia511/5Sophia Gardens, CardiffHome8 July 2015Won
    8130Australia424/5Trent Bridge, NottinghamHome6 August 2015Won
    9110South Africa423/4Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway14 January 2016Won
    10254Pakistan312/4Old Trafford, ManchesterHome22 July 2016Won
    11124India311/5Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, RajkotAway9 November 2016Drawn
    12190South Africa411/4Lord’s, LondonHome6 July 2017Won
    13136West Indies411/3Edgbaston Cricket Ground, BirminghamHome17 August 2017Won
    14125India435/5The Oval, LondonHome7 September 2018Won
    15124Sri Lanka432/3Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, KandyAway14 November 2018Won
    16122West Indies433/3Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros IsletAway9 February 2019Won
    17226New Zealand422/2Seddon Park, HamiltonAway29 November 2019Drawn
    18228Sri Lanka421/2Galle International Stadium, GalleAway14 January 2021Won
    19186Sri Lanka422/2Galle International Stadium, GalleAway22 January 2021Won
    20218India411/4M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, ChennaiAway5 February 2021Won
    21109India431/5Trent Bridge, NottinghamHome4 August 2021Drawn
    22180*India422/5Lord’s, LondonHome12 August 2021Lost
    23121India423/5Headingley, LeedsHome25 August 2021Won
    24109West Indies331/3Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North SoundAway8 March 2022Drawn
    25153West Indies312/3Kensington Oval, BridgetownAway16 March 2022Drawn
    26115*New Zealand441/3Lord’s, LondonHome2 June 2022Won
    27176New Zealand422/3Trent Bridge, NottinghamHome10 June 2022Won
    28142*India445/5Edgbaston Cricket Ground, BirminghamHome1 July 2022Won

    ODI Centuries

    No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResult
    1107West Indies4187.7Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North SoundAway5 March 2014Won
    2113India41104.62Headingley, LeedsHome5 September 2014Won
    3104*Sri Lanka4288.88Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, KandyAway10 December 2014Won
    4121Sri Lanka41112.03Wellington Regional Stadium, WellingtonNeutral1 March 2015Lost
    5104New Zealand31133.33Edgbaston, BirminghamHome9 June 2015Won
    6106*New Zealand32109.27Trent Bridge, NottinghamHome17 June 2015Won
    7125South Africa31110.61SuperSport Park, CenturionAway9 February 2016Lost
    8109South Africa3187.9Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway12 February 2016Lost
    9101West Indies3193.51Kensington Oval, BridgetownAway9 March 2017Won
    10133*Bangladesh32103.1The Oval, LondonHome1 June 2017Won
    11102New Zealand31100.99University Oval, DunedinAway7 March 2018Lost
    12113*India3197.41Lord’s, LondonHome14 July 2018Won
    13100*India3283.33Headingley, LeedsHome17 July 2018Won
    14102West Indies32105.15Kensington Oval, BridgetownAway20 February 2019Won
    15107Pakistan32102.88Trent Bridge, NottinghamHome3 June 2019Lost
    16100*West Indies22106.38Rose Bowl, SouthamptonHome14 June 2019Won

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