Joe Root

English

Player Info
Date of Birth	30 December 1990
Place of Birth	Yorkshire, England
Career	January 2013 - Active
Role	Batter

Batting & Fielding Statistics

	Mat	Inns	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Career	152	140	21	5962	133*	50.10	6859	86.92	16	33	482	44	73	0

Bowling Statistics

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	WKTS	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4W	5W
Career	152	68	1,552	1,491	26	4/112	57.34	5.76	59.69	0	0

Profile

1. After he made his first-class debut for Yorkshire in 2011 and cemented his spot in the side, commentators were quick to mark him as one for the future

2. Selection in the England Lions squad and a place in the England Performance Programme followed

3. His call-up to the One-Day International squad came in early 2013 and Root has since produced a string of impressive performances for England

4. His stocks soared further when he was handed England's Test reins after Alastair Cook stepped down earlier this year

5. Playing in his second ICC CT

6. ODI debut against India at Rajkot in 2013

7. First made his mark with the England Under-19 squad in Bangladesh, shortly before ICC U/19 World Cup in New Zealand in 2010

8. Scored 121 against Sri Lanka in ICC CWC 2015 but England failed to qualify for the quarter-finals

9. That year he amassed 1385 Test runs and 2228 runs in all international cricket

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Joe Root

Batting & Fielding Statistics

Bowling Statistics

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