England

Joseph Edward Root

Top-order batter

Bio

Born in Dore in 1990, Joseph Edward Root made his senior debut with Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 2009 and now plays for Sydney Thunder. He plays as a top-order batter. His honours include Wisden Cricketer of the Year and Member of the Order of the British Empire. He has represented England cricket team.

Key facts

Age: 35
Born: 30/12/1990
Birthplace: Dore
Debut: 2009
Position: Top-order batter
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

Official profile

ESPNcricinfo profile ↗Wikipedia ↗Wikidata ↗

Follow

Instagram@root66 X@root66 Facebook

Official accounts listed on Wikidata.

Career

2009–now

2009–Yorkshire County Cricket Club
2012–2018England cricket teamNational team
2018–Sydney Thunder

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Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026 Cricket 24273England	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2026 ODIsEngland	10	433	471	42	1	9	6	2	62	48	0	4	–	213	–	20	2	4	1	193	–	433	3	3	2	3	–	1	–	–	27	–	42	1	471	193	18	826	6	2	3
2026 TestsEngland	6	335	541	44	0	11	10	1	44	60	0	4	–	103	–	17	6	3	–	370	–	258	1	1	–	1	–	8	1	–	24	–	21	0	254	184	21	705	6	–	1
2025 ODIsEngland	12	718	769	66	3	12	10	2	13	15	0	5	3	342	–	41	4	4	–	313	–	718	2	2	1	5	–	3	–	1	36	–	66	3	769	313	32	1,343	10	1	5
2025 TestsEngland	11	971	1,674	98	1	20	18	2	294	421	6	9	5	393	–	69	14	1	–	1,099	2	828	2	2	4	10	1	3	–	1	44	–	70	1	1,141	739	45	2,224	10	1	7
2024 ODIsEngland	5	217	254	17	1	5	5	1	98	75	0	–	–	113	–	12	2	2	–	109	–	217	0	0	2	1	–	2	–	–	18	–	17	1	254	109	21	797	5	2	1
2024 TestsEngland	12	1,236	1,806	114	1	21	19	3	153	244	3	14	5	474	1	117	22	4	–	1,078	1	1,007	2	2	3	10	–	6	–	–	48	–	64	0	1,066	667	51	2,431	12	3	6
2023 TestsEngland	11	788	1,259	76	9	20	18	15	639	1,087	23	22	2	325	–	46	3	4	–	799	–	657	2	2	4	9	–	4	–	1	44	–	40	6	812	513	34	1,868	9	3	5
2023 ODIsEngland	12	304	359	22	3	12	12	0	73	61	0	3	–	166	–	16	0	3	–	152	2	304	0	0	4	5	–	2	1	–	36	–	22	3	359	152	34	1,282	12	4	5
2022 TestsEngland	12	1,059	1,409	116	10	21	17	8	383	678	16	19	4	349	–	75	12	4	–	847	1	863	4	4	–	14	1	3	–	–	48	–	53	4	648	410	39	1,519	11	–	8
2022 ODIsEngland	6	98	106	5	2	5	5	0	4	1	0	1	–	37	–	13	1	1	1	48	2	98	0	0	1	3	–	1	–	–	16	–	5	2	106	48	17	410	5	1	3
2021 TestsEngland	14	1,272	2,413	138	0	27	26	8	442	763	14	18	5	473	–	92	21	4	–	1,689	3	1,025	1	1	6	16	–	4	–	–	53	–	84	0	1,338	923	48	1,575	13	3	7
2021 ODIsEngland	3	147	174	9	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	3	–	75	–	12	4	2	1	74	–	147	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	–	9	0	174	74	–	–	0	–	–
2020 TestsEngland	11	1,018	1,750	94	4	20	18	9	202	433	11	20	3	435	2	73	11	1	–	1,132	–	885	2	2	1	7	–	6	4	–	42	–	65	3	1,317	856	46	1,668	10	–	5
2020 ODIsEngland	3	40	85	4	1	3	3	2	46	48	0	–	–	13	–	1	1	–	–	65	1	40	0	0	–	2	–	1	–	–	9	–	4	1	85	65	7	103	3	–	2
2019 ODIsEngland	19	744	822	66	2	17	15	4	146	162	0	16	2	342	–	51	8	3	2	353	–	744	2	2	1	11	–	2	1	–	50	–	66	2	822	353	46	2,476	15	1	11
2019 TestsEngland	12	914	1,872	101	2	22	22	8	416	678	25	23	1	344	1	60	10	7	–	1,354	3	739	0	0	3	16	1	3	–	–	44	–	64	1	1,172	849	44	1,747	12	2	7
2019 T20IsEngland	1	47	42	5	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	21	–	3	0	–	–	13	–	47	0	0	–	1	–	–	–	–	3	–	5	0	42	13	3	131	1	–	1
2018 T20IsEngland	6	103	88	11	0	6	5	–	–	–	–	4	–	42	–	7	1	1	–	27	2	103	1	1	1	–	–	1	2	1	23	–	11	0	88	27	20	512	5	1	–
2018 ODIsEngland	17	610	724	52	2	17	12	0	148	138	0	6	3	306	–	33	6	2	–	325	–	610	5	5	2	9	–	1	–	–	59	–	52	2	724	325	37	1,434	12	2	9
2018 TestsEngland	13	842	1,508	87	3	24	24	1	119	240	1	14	3	320	–	60	12	2	–	1,026	1	757	0	0	2	14	1	6	2	–	46	–	34	0	584	430	42	1,168	13	2	6
2018 Big Bash LeagueSydney Thunder	7	93	81	11	0	6	6	0	7	6	0	3	–	38	–	4	1	–	1	27	–	93	0	0	2	4	–	–	–	–	24	–	11	0	81	27	22	582	6	2	4
2017 TestsEngland	14	1,249	2,199	161	1	25	24	4	146	301	11	12	2	336	–	91	27	12	–	1,583	1	966	0	1	6	15	–	3	–	–	55	1	106	1	1,182	824	52	2,134	14	3	9
2017 ODIsEngland	24	1,107	1,204	82	9	23	17	7	243	268	0	13	2	551	–	75	8	7	1	479	1	1,107	6	6	4	10	–	2	1	–	74	–	82	9	1,204	479	66	2,247	17	4	10
2017 T20IsEngland	1	17	19	2	0	1	1	0	11	12	0	2	–	4	–	1	1	–	–	11	–	17	0	0	–	1	–	–	–	–	3	–	2	0	19	11	3	66	1	–	1
2016 ODIsEngland	15	772	873	66	2	14	12	1	94	90	0	5	1	372	–	47	10	8	1	376	–	772	2	2	4	7	–	–	1	–	42	–	66	2	873	376	42	1,966	12	4	7
2016 T20IsEngland	4	132	130	10	2	4	3	0	10	6	0	–	–	64	–	8	0	–	–	46	–	132	1	1	–	1	–	2	–	–	12	–	10	2	130	46	12	323	3	–	1
2016 TestsEngland	14	1,188	1,989	129	1	26	25	3	108	188	5	24	2	432	1	99	12	8	–	1,316	1	1,003	0	1	1	15	1	9	–	–	45	–	84	1	1,306	840	51	2,098	14	–	11
2015 T20IsEngland	10	399	275	41	11	10	9	2	22	12	0	5	–	127	–	21	0	3	–	75	–	399	1	1	1	8	–	–	–	–	32	–	41	11	275	75	34	901	9	1	8
2015 ODIsEngland	14	770	806	70	11	14	13	0	63	66	0	7	4	320	–	49	2	4	–	354	1	770	1	1	4	4	–	2	1	2	42	–	70	11	806	354	41	1,852	13	4	4
2015 TestsEngland	17	1,674	2,618	199	10	32	28	8	388	729	28	26	4	430	–	134	37	12	–	1,806	1	1,240	1	4	5	21	–	2	–	–	76	–	144	7	1,704	1,145	71	3,096	16	1	14
2014 ODIsEngland	27	949	1,147	69	10	25	23	2	279	306	0	13	3	445	–	66	12	3	2	545	1	949	2	2	4	13	1	5	–	1	103	–	69	10	1,147	545	110	3,069	23	4	13
2014 T20IsEngland	2	31	36	2	0	2	2	1	16	12	0	1	–	15	–	4	0	–	–	15	–	31	0	0	–	2	–	–	–	–	8	–	2	0	36	15	7	143	2	–	2
2014 TestsEngland	7	777	1,339	80	1	11	8	1	56	138	8	7	3	250	1	58	23	3	–	923	–	733	3	3	1	5	–	2	–	–	36	–	58	1	1,026	694	20	1,106	4	–	3
2013 ODIsEngland	18	527	715	33	2	18	18	10	357	348	2	6	1	237	–	61	8	2	–	374	1	527	0	0	4	11	2	2	1	–	69	–	33	2	715	374	61	2,090	18	4	11
2013 T20IsEngland	5	152	109	20	2	5	3	2	65	30	0	1	–	36	–	12	0	1	–	39	–	152	2	2	–	2	–	–	1	–	24	–	20	2	109	39	15	223	3	–	2
2013 TestsEngland	12	774	1,833	86	2	22	20	3	133	306	12	9	2	200	–	73	24	3	1	1,448	–	638	2	2	3	15	–	1	1	–	35	–	37	0	837	686	32	1,107	11	1	9
2012 TestsEngland	5	181	573	13	1	7	6	0	36	66	2	2	–	60	–	21	7	1	1	471	1	132	0	1	1	3	1	1	1	–	23	–	10	0	436	360	28	902	4	1	3
2012 ODIsEngland	8	326	377	32	3	7	4	0	114	126	0	4	–	135	–	21	1	3	1	185	–	326	3	3	3	1	–	–	–	–	30	–	32	3	377	185	22	642	4	3	1
2012 T20IsEngland	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	15	12	0	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career40 seasons	403	23,014	34,449	2,273	113	527	468	111	5,445	8,174	167	328	60	8,938	6	1,663	313	122	16	21,139	26	20,467	53	59	80	275	9	88	18	7	1,409	1	1,671	92	24,489	14,318	1,294	48,766	344	60	205

Honours

Wisden Cricketer of the Year2014
Member of the Order of the British Empire

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