England's greatest Test batsman — over 13,000 Test runs and one of the finest innings players the game has produced.
Joseph Edward Root was born in Sheffield, England in 1990. He made his Test debut in 2012 and immediately established himself as England's most technically correct batsman since Michael Atherton. He has accumulated over 13,000 Test runs — the most by any England batsman in history and fourth on the all-time list behind Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis. He served as England's Test captain from 2017 to 2022, scoring the most runs as captain of any player in Test history. He stepped down as captain after series defeats to Australia and New Zealand. Under the Bazball revolution led by Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum from 2022, he transformed his batting to be more aggressive — scoring 1,473 Test runs in 2021 at an average of 61.4, the most by any batsman in a calendar year. His cover drive and sweep shot are rated as technically close to perfect by coaching analysts. He is England's most important batsman of the Test era and one of the finest batsmen of his generation.
ICC Test Cricketer of Year 3x
Career Honours
- ICC Test Cricketer of Year 3x
- Ashes (England multiple)
- ICC World Test Championship finalist