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Root leads calls for changes to domestic schedule​


Joe Root is leading calls from players to reduce the amount of domestic cricket and review a schedule that is “not fit for purpose”.

Research from the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has found 81% of players have concerns about the physical toll of the fixture list, and 76% are worried about unsafe travel between matches.

“It is apparent the schedule needs to change for a host of reasons to see long-lasting benefits for English cricket,” said former England captain Root.

“Having space to recover, prepare and improve your game during the season is crucial and the creation of minimum standards to protect travel windows and player welfare is non-negotiable.”

Information from players was gathered by the PCA in pre-season meetings with all 18 first-class counties, leading to this unprecedented collective call for action.

The PCA says that players have fears for their welfare, with tight turnarounds between fixtures leaving little time for recovery and practice, and also potentially leading to dangerous travel plans.

“There is a strong feeling the game has to listen to its most vital assets, its players,” said PCA chief operating officer and former Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell.

“A reduction in cricket has to be strongly looked at as the solution which the game desperately needs.”

Yorkshire batter Root, 33, who captained England in a record 64 Tests, added an alteration to the schedule could have benefits for the national team.

“You're trying to find a way of getting the standard of first-class and county cricket as close as you can to the international game,” he said. “There’s a large number of players who don't think the schedule is conducive to high-level performance.

“If we can find a way of making it so that gap is smaller and the product is better, in terms of stakeholders and members, everyone is going to be winning.”

Counties play a minimum of 14 Championship matches, 14 T20 Blast fixtures and eight in the One-Day Cup, equating to at least 78 days of cricket in the season.

Including The Hundred, there are 121 days of men’s domestic cricket scheduled this summer, not counting other fixtures against universities or National Counties.

The Blast, mainly taking place in June and July this year, is a particular pinch point of the schedule, with counties wanting to host games from Thursdays to Sundays in order to maximise attendances.

This season there are 55 instances of counties playing on back-to-back days in the Blast, up from 34 last year. Combined with the County Championship, the schedule can be relentless.

In June, Gloucestershire are due to play a T20 match away to Glamorgan on a Thursday evening, a home T20 against Somerset on the Friday, then travel to Scarborough for a Championship match against Yorkshire on the Sunday morning.

Any alteration to the structure of domestic competitions has to be approved by counties.

In August 2022, an England and Wales Cricket Board high-performance review led by Andrew Strauss recommended a cut in the amount of domestic cricket, but the proposals were rejected by counties.

The PCA is now due to present the players’ views on how the schedule could be cut to the ECB.

“The point in doing this is to try and create more awareness around it,” said Mitchell. “At the ECB, there is definitely sympathy and understanding. Potentially in the wider county network with chairs and members, probably not so much, I would say.”

An ECB spokesperson said: “As the PCA recognises, the men’s domestic schedule is a complex issue. The players have an important voice in discussions around this, and we are committed to working with them and the first-class counties to discuss the best ways of overcoming some of the challenges.”

 
Sky Sports Cricket's Michael Atherton:

“Root always scores quickly enough, he is a not stodgy at all.

"He went through a phase of trying to buy into the Bazball philosophy and take his game on and I admire that.

"But you think of Root at his best and that is playing his natural game.”
 
Don’t you dare, don’t you dare mention Babar Azam in the same sentence as Joe Root.
 

Paarl Royals sign Root for SA20​


England batsman Joe Root will play for the Paarl Royals in the 2025 edition of the SA20.

The 33-year-old played for the Rajasthan Royals in the 2023 IPL and is currently involved in England’s second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge.

Root has played 105 T20s, scoring 2,432 runs at an average of 32.00 and a strike rate of 127.59. He has also chipped in with the ball, having taken 27 wickets at an economy rate of 8.47.

“We all know what a phenomenal player Joe Root is, and to have him back at the Royals is a great feeling,” said Royals director of cricket Kumar Sangakkara.

“He has been a great contributor to all the teams he has represented over the years, and has also proven to be a valuable all-rounder with his bowling and fielding attributes.

“As we saw during IPL 2023 and have also seen over the years, he is also a great team man, and has the ability to help his teammates develop both on and off the field.

“We are looking forward to using his expertise, his personality, his brains, and also his performances on the field to strive towards a successful SA20 season in 2025.”

 
A 32nd hundred and a fifth at Trent Bridge in 2nd innings against West Indies in 2nd Test

Root is one of England's all-time greats


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He is way ahead of his contemporaries now.
He nearly has 12000 test runs and average of 50. He might even break that Indian guy's record.
He is coming into his own under Ben stokes now. He is getting into that zone. I would love to see him score 2-3 centuries more this summer.
 
He’s been batting well since his 3rd Test brain fade with the reverse sweep in India. Had a strong word with himself and has just gone back to the old Joe Root. 2 tons and 2 fifties in 7 innings is amazing consistency. Let us hope he stays this way.
 
Root equals contemporary star duo on century count with Nottingham ton

England’s Joe Root hit his 32nd Test hundred against West Indies in Nottingham, which put him on par with contemporary batters Steve Smith and Kane Williamson.
Joe Root’s 32nd Test ton came in the 158th ball of his innings during England’s second innings in Nottingham.

With this, he became the joint-highest on Test century count among contemporary batters, alongside Australia’s Steve Smith and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson.

Along with the trio, former Australia skipper Steve Waugh also has 32 Test hundreds to his name.

Root’s feat came in his 142nd Test, taking him one behind Alastair Cook (33 centuries) in the all-time hundreds list for England.

This was the second time he had reached the three-figure mark in Tests in 2024, after his unbeaten 122* against India in Ranchi in February.

The England batter also became the eighth-highest in terms of runs scored in Test cricket, going past the likes of Mahela Jayawardene and Shivnarine Chanderpaul during his knock.


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Glorious cover drive to get his hundred, didn’t take his foot off the gas either. He should go past Cook and potentially pose a threat to Ponting’s tally, anyway, a special Test batter, arguably the best of his era and genuine locker room leader / mentor to the younger players coming up
 
How we need his world class batting in this team.

A vintage Root rearguard innings where the rest of the England batsmen are losing their heads would be perfect today.
 
Root scored 63rd fifty in Test cricket today against West Indies in the ongoing 3rd test match of the series. This guy is phenomenal when it comes to red ball.
 
Joe Root has reclaimed the top spot in the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings after his impressive performance against the West Indies, where he scored 291 runs in the series.

His knock of 87 in the final Test helped him surpass Kane Williamson, who previously held the No.1 position.

Root first became the top-ranked Test batter in 2015 and has now returned to the summit following a strong series that included his 32nd Test century.
 
England World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan via Sky sports on Joe Root's innings:

"His class has really come to show.

"It takes time to build and innings and for someone like Joe Root, who cashes in when conditions are good, it's about going through that process.

"England's batters have made mistakes, more so than usual. You wouldn't say any of them have really been got out, they have given opportunities to Sri Lanka they have created in whatever fashion.

"He really is a class apart. He plays up and down the slope beautifully and it's almost like he's played his whole career here."
 
Most hundreds in Tests (Active Players)

33 - Joe Root (264 Innings)
32 - Steve Smith (195 Innings)
32 - Kane Williamson (176 Innings)
29 - Virat Kohli (191 Innings)
19 - Cheteshwar Pujara (176 Innings)

Most Test centuries by an Englishman

33 - Alastair Cook
33 - Joe Root
23 - Kevin Pietersen
22 - Wally Hammond
 
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Kumar Sangakkara on Sky Sports Cricket:

"It's incredible. Joe Root has been a Test batter to follow and to watch."

"He has an incredible run-scoring ability, incredible focus and once again you don't really feel how fast he scores runs and rotates strike and how quickly he gets to these hundreds."

"I think he will be happy but I think the happiest thing he will be about how he is batting so well and clearly."

"There's not much thinking. There's nothing that is frantic, the tempo if his innings is like he on autopilot."

"There's a feeling of being in complete control in any conditions against the attack."

"That is what will be really satisfying to him."
 

McCullum: Root sits in between Richards and Border

“Look, he is a freak, right?" McCullum told Sky Sports. “I would say my heroes growing up were Viv Richards and Allan Border for two very contrasting reasons.

“Joe sits probably somewhere in between those two in how he plays the game.

“In terms of his delivery and his insatiable appetite for success and improvement, he and Kane Williamson are probably the two that I have seen up close that touch that greatness to those levels.

“He is an intriguing character Joe because he is never happy with what he has been able to deliver.

“I think he is really comfortable in the space he is in at the moment and knows now, 18 months on or 24 months on, that the role he can play is in his own way.”

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Law of averages caught up with Joe Root unfortunately. The low scores was always round the corner.
 
Kane Williamson said during a media interaction ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Greater Noida:

"You mentioned Joe Root. He has been something else for a long period of time. Obviously, there is a lot of attention on what he might be able to achieve in a number of years and it’s just incredible that that conversion can even be had. He has been phenomenal. I have been a big fan of his. Not just him, but the other guys as well, amazing how they have sort of moved the game forward in a big way."
 
Kumar Sangakkara, Director of Cricket of the Rajasthan Royals and the parent franchise of Paarl Royals, at SA20 auction on signing Joe Root for Paarl Royals for upcoming edition of SA20:

“Joe Root is not just an incredibly experienced and capable player; what he adds to the team in terms of knowledge, experience, and how he invests himself into the team and connects with other players is magnificent. I saw this first-hand when he joined us in the IPL.”
 
Yet another 50 for Root. This time against Pakistan.

Most 50+ scores in Tests
119 - Sachin Tendulkar
103 - Jacques Kallis
103 - Ricky Ponting
99 - Joe Root*
99 - Rahul Dravid
 
Yet another 50 for Root. This time against Pakistan.

Most 50+ scores in Tests
119 - Sachin Tendulkar
103 - Jacques Kallis
103 - Ricky Ponting
99 - Joe Root*
99 - Rahul Dravid
Root should keep playing in pak 24/7, Sachin record will get broken ASAP lol.

Jokes aside both are goats however.
 
45 century and 15K test runs are intact

because he is too good to miss it from here
 
Only place where he failed is in Australia,lets see how he performs in Australia next year.
 
Only place where he failed is in Australia,lets see how he performs in Australia next year.
If he fails this time it will be a huge blot on his career. He is at the peak of his powers and Australia have an aging bowling attack.

In fact the upcoming Ashes is England’s best chance since 2010-11 of winning in Australia.
 
If he fails this time it will be a huge blot on his career. He is at the peak of his powers and Australia have an aging bowling attack.

In fact the upcoming Ashes is England’s best chance since 2010-11 of winning in Australia.
But batting is at its peak.

Green Head Carey in form
And then add marsh as a our batter
Smith still somewhat prime version

Bowling only starc is ageing.

Rest are still in prime.
 
Jason Gillespie, Pakistan's red-ball coach, shared his thoughts during the post-day 3 media conference:

"I remember Joe Root from his early days at Yorkshire. He was an opener then, and his double hundred against Hampshire in Southampton on a sporting wicket caught everyone's attention. It wasn't long after that he got called up for his first Test series, against India, I reckon."

"What struck me about Joe was his maturity. He'd ask coaches, 'Tell me what I need to hear, not what you think I want to hear.' That was a valuable coaching lesson for me and others at Yorkshire. Joe always strives to improve; that's been my experience with him."
 

'Many more runs to get', says record-breaker Root​


Joe Root said there are “many more runs still to get” after he overhauled Sir Alastair Cook to become England’s all-time leading Test runscorer.

Root went past Cook’s mark of 12,472 when he got to 71 on day three of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan.

The 33-year-old carried on and on, registering his 35th Test century and batting through the day for his unbeaten 176, taking England to 492-3 and a deficit of only 64 runs.

“I’m obviously proud, but still feel there’s plenty more left to do,” said Root.

Root’s tireless effort in the heat, allied to 141 not out from Harry Brook, has put England in a strong position in the series opener, despite Pakistan racking up 556 in their first innings.

Only once before have England conceded more runs in the first innings of a match and gone on to win, 130 years ago against Australia in 1894.

“I’m sure I’ll look back at it when I’m finished and be very proud of it, but I think more than anything just the way we played today as a team is what stands out,” said Root.

“We’ve still got an opportunity to win the game, which is really exciting. Hopefully we can kick on tomorrow.”

Root is playing his 147th Test, 12 years after making his England debut in India.

By passing Cook, Root has climbed to fifth on the all-time list of Test runscorers from all nations, behind greats of the game Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar tops the list with 15,921, just over 3,000 ahead of Root.

And Cook believes Root can better Tendulkar, even though Root is now already older than Cook when he retired at the age of 33 in 2018.

“I would be betting on Root to do it,” Cook told Test Match Special. “I don't see Root losing that hunger and ability to keep driving himself forward for the next couple of years.”

Cook flagged the Ashes series in Australia in the winter of 2025-26 as one potential obstacle for Root to overcome.

Root has toured Australia on three previous occasions, including twice as captain, but has never won in any of the 14 Tests he has played there and is yet to make a hundred down under.

“The only slight hurdle in his way will be the Ashes series - there is always something happening around the series,” said Cook, who was captain on Root’s first Ashes tour, a 5-0 defeat in 2013-14.

“It's in 14 months' time and there's always a story about the damage that happens or doesn't happen around every Ashes series.”

For now, Root has the opportunity to shape another famous England win in Pakistan after they triumphed 3-0 here two years ago.

England seem set to bat well into the fourth day, hoping to gain a big lead over the hosts, but still leaving enough time to bowl out Pakistan again on an incredibly flat pitch.

“We have to earn the right to make a decision about what we want to do,” said Root. “There is still quite a lot of cricket to be played in this game.

“Things can happen quite quickly towards the back end of the game. We’ll continue to work hard to take advantage of this great start we’ve got.”

 
2nd double hundred for Joe Root against Pakistan. What a player he is.

Double Centuries by Joe Root

2014 at Lord's
2016 at Manchester
2019 at Hamilton
2021 at Galle
2021 at Chennai
2024 at Multan*
 
Mohammad yousafs most test runs in a calendar year looks in trouble

Root already has 1200+ this year

he probably need 550 odd runs in remaining 5 test matches this year

he came close to this record in 2021 but fell short in a miniscule margin
 
'I'll do my job, he can do his' - Root on Lehmann

Joe Root says Darren Lehmann is "entitled to say what he wants" after the former Australia coach claimed the England batter is a "rung below" the all-time greats.

Root, 33, is England's leading Test runscorer and will win his 150th cap in the series opener against New Zealand this week.

Lehmann was speaking after Australia were beaten by India in the first Test in Perth, with Virat Kohli making his 30th Test hundred and seventh in Australia. Root has made 35 Test tons, but never passed three figures in Australia.

"That's the only thing stopping Joe Root," Lehmann told ABC. "He's a great player, but is he an all-time great? I don't have him in that realm."

Root, who has been on three Ashes tours of Australia, will get his next chance for a hundred down under when England attempt to reclaim the urn next winter.

Speaking in Christchurch, he told BBC Sport: "My job is to score runs, right? To turn up every game and try to do all I can out in the middle. His job is to give his opinion and talk on the radio."

Lehmann, 54, played 27 Tests for Australia. He was Australia coach for four of the Ashes series Root has played in.

Root was emerging through the ranks when Lehmann was at Yorkshire, with whom he was overseas player until 2006.

Lehmann will join county side Northamptonshire as head coach for the 2025 season.

"I've not spoken to him for a while," added Root.

"I'll do my job and he can do his job. He's completely entitled to say what he wants. That's his right."

After his initial comments, Lehmann later wrote on X: "Just to be clear as there are a lot of people who think that I think Joe Root is not a great.

"He is going to be a great, I know that and a wonderful ambassador for our game, but needs and he will probably do this next Ashes. Get a hundred in Australia and then no dispute."

Root passed Sir Alastair Cook in the first Test in Pakistan in October to become England's all-time leading runscorer. With a tally of 12,754, he sits fifth on the all-time list, behind Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid.

Regularly bracketed alongside Kohli, New Zealand's Kane Williamson and Steve Smith of Australia in the 'Fab Four' of Test batting, Root has enjoyed the best form of his career since the beginning of 2022.

In that time, his 3,223 runs are comfortably more than any other player in Test cricket and includes 12 hundreds.

In Christchurch he will become only the fourth Englishman to reach 150 Test caps, after his former team-mates Cook, James Anderson and Stuart Broad.

"It's a lot of fielding, isn't it?" he said. "It's really nice to have played as many games as that and still be going.

"In many ways it feels like just another game. I've got a lot more to offer this team and this shirt.

"It will be nice to try to start the series well and get us off to a good start."

The first match of the three-Test series starts at the Hagley Oval on Thursday (22:00 GMT, Wednesday).

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Yet another 50 for Root in Test cricket, against New Zealand.

100th time he has reached 50+ scores in Tests.
 
Most Catches as a Fielder in Tests:

210 - Rahul Dravid
207* - Joe Root
205 - Mahela Jayawardene
200 - Jacques Kallis
196 - Ricky Ponting
188* - Steve Smith
 
Phenomenal form in test matches since 1/1/2021 (last 4 years):
Almost double the runs than the next highest run scorer (Khawaja 2617 runs).
10 more 100s than the next highest (Williamson 9 100s).

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Joe Root is nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year 2024!

With 1556 Test runs in 17 matches at an average of 55.57, including six centuries, Root has dominated the longest format yet again.

Can he add this award to his incredible career?
 
Joe Root makes England T20 return stance clear as Brendon McCullum urged to call him up

Brendon McCullum has faced calls to recall Joe Root for the T20 World Cup in 2020, and the former England captain hasn't ruled out a return.

Root last played for England's T20 side in 2019, during a meeting with Pakistan. He has remained very much part of the test squad, though, and became his country's all-time top run-scorer in that format in 2024.

After winning the T20 World Cup in 2022, England were beaten semi-finalists two years later. The 2026 edition is due to take place in India and Sri Lanka, and there has already been talk of a return for the man who was England's top run-scorer during their journey to the final in 2016.

England are in the middle of a five-match T20 series against India, trailing 2-1 after losing their first two meetings. With some members of the squad struggling to assert themselves, there have been calls for Root to return, and the 34-year-old explained his own stance.

"I think you're always a better player when you're not in the team," Root told Mark Butcher on Sky Sports. "I'm just going to try to play the best cricket I can.

"You look at that squad and it's full of talented players who can take the game away from the best bowlers in the world. They've got two more opportunities out there to turn things around.

"Obviously I want to play as much for England as I can in all formats. But at the same time I've got to play more T20 cricket, prove myself, and see where that takes me and look after that first.

Part of the reason for increased clamour for a Root return has been his form in SA20 for Paarl Royals. He has continued to impress in the format, just not for his country, and Alastair Cook and Steven Finn have both called for England head coach McCullum to welcome him back into the fold.

"I reckon Rooty would have been in this squad if the tournament was now," Cook said on TNT Sports. "I just think you know what you have got with Rooty. You know he is a great player of spin and he is reliant and is the man you want for the big occasion."

Finn also recognised the upcoming T20 World Cup marks a return to India, where Root excelled a decade earlier. "The last time there was a T20 World Cup in those conditions [in 2016] Joe Root played and was England’s leading run scorer and played some magnificent innings," he said.

"Clearly, the way he plays and his relationship with Brendon McCullum is brilliant. It wouldn’t be beyond the realms of possibility to look towards Joe Root, if England do continue to struggle against spin in those opening overs or the top order of a T20. There are far worse places that Brendon McCullum could look."

 
Joe Root becomes the third-highest run-getter for England in ODIs in India

Most runs for England in ODIs in India

1120 - Kevin Pietersen
710 - Ian Bell
611* - Joe Root
601 - Andrew Strauss
 
Joe Root now has the most fifty-plus scores for England in ODIs

Most 50+ scores for England in ODIs:

56* - Joe Root
55 - Eoin Morgan
39 - Ian Bell
 
Root on a mission to refill England's empty pot

Amid troubled times we look to familiar comforts - that old blanket, your favourite food, Joe Root.

England begin their Champions Trophy campaign against Australia on Saturday in a sticky spot, having lost four 50-over series in a row. They can at least take something from the fact their most successful batter is with them.

"I never retired," says Root, who returned for his first one-day internationals since the 2023 World Cup in India earlier this month.

"I have never said I don't want to play the format."

Root, sitting in England's team hotel in Lahore, laughs when asked whether there was a crucial chat with captain Jos Buttler or coach Brendon McCullum to set his return in stone.

"I don't think there needs to be either really," Root says. "I don't think any player has a divine right for selection."

The Champions Trophy is one piece of silverware missing from England's trophy cabinet. It also marks the start of the journey to the 2027 World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Root has said previously he would like to be involved in that tournament, which is expected to conclude a month before his 37th birthday. There, should they qualify, England will attempt to win back the trophy they won in 2019 but gave up disappointingly in 2023.

"Obviously you've got perform, you've got to consistently go and do your job and offer something to the team and make sure you're making it a better team, not holding it back," Root says.

"I've never been one to look too far ahead and try and say 'I want to play until here or to then'. You've got to earn the right and you've got to keep putting into the pot."

To even consider he could ever hold England back sums up Root's modesty.

Whether as young prankster, captain or back-in-the-ranks experienced pro, no batter has put more runs into England's pot across all formats than the Yorkshireman.

Yet even Root has been unable to escape the issues that have dogged England's batting in one-day internationals since their win in 2019.

Starved of opportunity, he averages 29.92 across the five and a half years and has not made a century.

At the World Cup in India he made three fifties but, like his team-mates, could not prevent England's spiral.

"Anyone that says at any stage of their career 'I have got no regrets', 'I wouldn't change anything', I think they are lying," says Root, who also made double figures in all three innings in India this month but returned a highest score of 69.

"You would change certain things, but in terms of how I approach this tournament, no, not really. You know what's happened has happened."

Root was speaking shortly after England trained for the first time since arriving in Lahore.

He had two turns in the nets before he and fellow batter Harry Brook threw balls to each other on a strip of astroturf away from the rest of England's group.

It is why Root disagrees so strongly with the suggestion England did not train hard enough in India - claims made by his former international team-mate Kevin Pietersen.

"They don't come to training," Root says. "They don't see what we do and how we operate."

But Root would not argue that England have struggled to find rhythm in their 50-over batting.

If Tests are about scoring as many runs as possible and T20s scoring as quickly as possible, ODIs sit somewhere in between.

Supporters encourage Root to 'just play like Joe Root' in a bid to regain his top form. He would say it is not quite as simple.

"I can't think of any two innings that I have played that have been exactly the same," he says.

"I think the art of batting is assessing the conditions in front of you, managing the situation that you're presented with and consistently making good decisions under pressure."

Root's last ODI century came during a group-stage win over West Indies in the 2019 World Cup.

That day Eoin Morgan went in the back, Jason Roy twinged a hamstring, Chris Woakes batted at number three and England still won by eight wickets with 16.5 overs to spare.

Things have changed since.

McCullum and Buttler are leading the new era while attempting to follow on from arguably England's greatest cricketing side. It was never going to be easy.

To some that constant comparison would weigh heavy.

"I wouldn't say it's a negative," Root, one of five surviving World Cup winners in this squad, says.

"That team will have inspired a lot of this team. There's a number of guys in this squad and in and around it that would have still been in school finishing their GCSEs or starting out on their journey as professional cricketers."

The reduction of international ODIs – Root played 89 matches between the 2015 and 2019 World Cups but only 31 matches since – and the downgrading of England's domestic competition continues to push against their pursuit to return to the top.

Root called for players to be given more regular opportunities in 2023 and while little has changed, he still thinks England can come again.

"It's just going to take something different," he says.

"There isn't that opportunity to do that [play as regularly] nowadays but it doesn't mean we can't be as successful as that team.

"There's just different challenges that we're going to have to overcome.

"Can we find a way to speed that process up by having good, smart conversations and using our experience and share them so that when you get to the crunch moments within big games you get the team across the line?

"I think we've got the right players that are able to do that and we've certainly got the talent."

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41st fifty in ODI cricket for Joe Rot today against Australia in CT2025 game.

Back in form when in mattered the most.
 
In hindsight it is a terrible innings. 78 balls 65 runs. That 13 overs 65 runs. 5 per over on a wicket others went at 7 an over.
 
Root has become the 5th batter in Test cricket history to complete 13,000 runs.

He attained the milestone with his 28th run on Day 1 of the one-off four-day Test versus Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
 
Imo Root needs to improve his performance in Aus. Its the one thing that holds him back from being in Sachin's tier.

Although Imo he is close to surpassing Ponting in test cricket.

Ponting no doubt had a higher peak but if root retired with an avg > 51 then he's > Ponting in test. Ponting's decline cost him.

Honestly Ponting is very similar to Kohli in tests but the reason why people view ponting as > is because his peak was 61 which fell to 51 while Kohli's peak was 55 which fell to 46, hence a below 50 avg and below 10K test runs cost him his status.
 
Root in Australia as big a failure as Tendulkar vs Pakistan, so I wouldn’t use it against him if he surpasses Tendulkar’s run tally.
 
Root is most complete batsman from englan. People often rate KP ahead but root has done it over longer period and deserves the applause for it.
 
Root is most complete batsman from englan. People often rate KP ahead but root has done it over longer period and deserves the applause for it.
KP > Root in all formats
Root >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> KP in test


Root is obviously the greatest test batsmen to play for England post WW2.

He needs to improve his record in Australia and if he does he'll be viewed as > Sachin and Steve Smith.

Only thing holding him back is conversion rate + Aus record which can easily be improved vs India and In ashes and needs to raise that avg from 50 to 51-52

Otherwise he's extremely close to surpassing Ponting and Dravid in Test cricket. Ponting had a higher peak but his record in india was always trash avg 26 and his career took a nosedive from 61 avg to 51. Dravid was consistent.

Root needs to perform extremely well in ashes and india test series and he can make way and become top 5 test batters of all time.

He can easily become top 3 if he performs well in ashes.
 
England batter Joe Root overtook Sri Lankan legend Sanath Jayasuriya to become the ninth-highest run-getter in international cricket.

Root achieved this upward movement in the charts during his side's first Test match against India at Leeds.
 
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