Joe Root
Joe Root — career overview
Joe Root is a cricketer who represents England in international cricket as a batsman (Right Handed Bat, Right-arm offbreak bowler). In international cricket Joe Root has appeared in 158 Tests (13,543 runs at 51.30, with 36 hundreds and 65 fiftys); 183 ODIs (7,301 runs at 49.33, with 16 hundreds and 40 fiftys); 32 T20Is (893 runs at 35.72, with 5 fiftys). With the ball, Joe Root has taken 107 international wickets across formats. Full batting and bowling records, recent form and milestones are shown below. Compare Joe Root with other players using the player comparison tool, or see where England rank in the latest ICC rankings.
Batting & Fielding
| Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 158 | 288 | 24 | 13543 | 262 | 51.30 | 23556 | 57.50 | 36 | 65 | 1451 | 45 |
| ODI | 183 | 172 | 24 | 7301 | 166 | 49.33 | 8319 | 87.77 | 16 | 40 | 592 | 53 |
| T20I | 32 | 30 | 5 | 893 | 90 | 35.72 | 707 | 126.31 | - | 5 | 92 | 16 |
| IPL | 3 | 1 | - | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 15 | 66.67 | - | - | 1 | - |
Bowling
| Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5W | 10W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 158 | 165 | 6200 | 3465 | 73 | 5/8 | 5/33 | 47.47 | 3.35 | 84.9 | 1 | - |
| ODI | 183 | 77 | 1755 | 1731 | 28 | 3/52 | 3/52 | 61.82 | 5.92 | 62.7 | - | - |
| T20I | 32 | 9 | 84 | 139 | 6 | 2/9 | 2/9 | 23.17 | 9.93 | 14.0 | - | - |
| IPL | 3 | 1 | 12 | 14 | - | 0/14 | 0/14 | - | 7.00 | - | - | - |
Format Performance
Batting — Runs & Average
Bowling — Wickets & Economy
Career Milestones
Joe Root — Career Overview
Joe Root is a batsman from England. Joe bats right handed bat and bowls right-arm offbreak. Specialist batters anchor an innings and shape its tempo. The best combine a tight defensive technique with the range of strokes needed to score off any ball, and the temperament to bat long across all conditions and formats. England is one of the playing nations represented across the international and franchise calendar, with players drawn from the domestic system and the academy pathway into the senior side. International batting record — 158 Tests: 13,543 runs at an average of 51.30, strike rate 57.50 (36 hundreds, 65 fiftys); 183 ODIs: 7,301 runs at an average of 49.33, strike rate 87.77 (16 hundreds, 40 fiftys); 32 T20Is: 893 runs at an average of 35.72, strike rate 126.31 (5 fiftys). International bowling — 73 wickets in Test at 47.47, economy 3.35 and 1 5-fer; 28 wickets in ODI at 61.82, economy 5.92; 6 wickets in T20I at 23.17, economy 9.93. Franchise leagues — the IPL, PSL, BBL, CPL, SA20 and others — make up an increasing share of the modern cricket calendar, with selection in these competitions shaping income, exposure and the pathway back into national squads. Career statistics in cricket are best read across formats: a Test average, an ODI strike rate and a T20I economy each tell a different part of the story, and modern selection often turns on how a player splits their time across red-ball and white-ball cricket within a packed annual schedule. Recent form, opposition strength and conditions at the venue also weigh heavily alongside the headline numbers. Our player database tracks Joe Root's match-by-match appearances across the international and domestic calendar, with batting and bowling splits by format, opposition, venue and time period. Career milestones — highest score, best bowling figures, fastest fifty or hundred and notable franchise performances — sit alongside the running totals so the full arc of a career is easy to read in one view. On GeoCric you can dig into Joe Root's career numbers, format-by-format breakdowns, batting and bowling averages, century and five-wicket counts, league appearances and recent form — refreshed against live match data and free to read.