Joe Root

English cricketer

Joseph Edward Root, is an English international cricketer, who plays for the English cricket team and formerly captained the Test team. He also represents Yorkshire in English domestic cricket. Root is currently the leading run-scorer among all active batsmen and the sixth highest run-scorer of all time in Test cricket and is the second highest run scorer for England after Sir Alastair Cook. Root is considered to be one of the greatest batsmen of his era and one of the greatest batsmen England has ever produced. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup where he top scored for England. He is also England's leading run scorer in the ICC World Cup and the only English player to score over 1000 runs. As of July 2024, he has topped the ICC rankings for Test batsmen on nine occasions.

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