Joe Root

Joe Root

MBE
Root in 2017
Personal information
Full name
Joseph Edward Root
Born (1990-12-30) 30 December 1990
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleTop-order batter
RelationsBilly Root (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 655)13 December 2012 v India
Last Test4 January 2026 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 227)11 January 2013 v India
Last ODI27 January 2026 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.66
T20I debut (cap 63)22 December 2012 v India
Last T20I5 May 2019 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.66
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–presentYorkshire
2018/19Sydney Thunder
2021–2025Trent Rockets
2023Dubai Capitals
2023Rajasthan Royals
2024/25Paarl Royals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 163 189 32 237
Runs scored 13,943 7,577 893 19,089
Batting average 51.07 49.52 35.72 50.23
100s/50s 41/66 20/45 0/5 55/88
Top score 262 166* 90* 262
Balls bowled 6,272 1,770 84 8,989
Wickets 73 30 6 99
Bowling average 48.15 58.13 23.16 49.55
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/8 3/52 2/9 5/8
Catches/stumpings 216/– 91/– 18/– 266/–
Medal record
Men's cricket
Representing  England
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 2019 England and Wales
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2016 India
ICC Champions Trophy
Runner-up 2013 England and Wales
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 January 2026

Joseph Edward Root (born 30 December 1990) is an English international cricketer who plays for England in Tests and ODIs. He captained the Test team from 2017–2022. He plays for Yorkshire in English domestic cricket. Root is currently the leading run-scorer among active batsmen, the second highest run-scorer of all time in Test cricket and the highest run scorer for England. Root is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of his era and among the finest England has produced. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where he top scored for England. As of March 2026, he has topped the ICC rankings for Test batsmen on ten occasions.

Root made his Test debut in 2012, his ODI debut in 2013 and played for the England Twenty20 International team between 2012 and 2019. He captained England's Test team between February 2017 and April 2022, and holds the records for most Test matches (64), wins (27) as England captain. On the occasion of England's 1,000th Test in 2018, Root was named in the country's greatest all-time Test XI by the England and Wales Cricket Board. He was named both the ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year and the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 2021.

A right-handed batsman, Root originally played as an opener but has played the majority of his cricket for England in the middle order. He is both England's highest run-scorer in Tests and in ODIs. He holds the record for both most Test (41) and most ODI (20) centuries for England. In June 2022, he became the second batsman for England, and fourteenth overall, to score 10,000 Test runs. Along with Harry Brook, he holds the world record for highest fourth-wicket stand (and fourth highest overall) in Tests (454), and with James Anderson the highest tenth-wicket partnership (198). He is also England's leading run scorer in the ICC World Cup and the only English player to score over 1000 runs in the competition. Root also bowls occasional off spin, and regularly fields at first slip, holding the record for most Test catches by an outfield player.