As England all-time leading Test cricket run-scorer Alastair Cook stepped down from captaincy after the 2016-17 tour of India, Joe Root was all set to take the charge of the Three Lions. Right from a young age, Root displayed tremendous maturity to acclaim himself to be a leader of the lot. However, along with the authority, came a heap of responsibilities. He remained consistent but started receiving constant criticism for poor conversion rate of century from a fifty. He made his Test debut against India at Nagpur in December 2012, followed by T20I beginning at Mumbai. He played his first ODI match in the same series against Inia at Rajkot in January 2013.
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Birmingham, England (AP): The Ashes series took another twist Wednesday as England dominated the first day of the third test to finish only three runs behind Australia with seven wickets remaining after the tourists
Cardiff, Wales (AP): Joe Root shouldered the immense expectations on him as England's most reliable batsman by scoring a century that took the momentum from Australia on the first day of the first Ashes
Birmingham, England: Joe Root and Jos Buttler fired explosive centuries as England blasted 408-9, its highest ever score in one-day international cricket, against New Zealand in their series opener at Edgbaston on Tuesday.Root needed 71
It was only a week ago that the England cricket team was in a state of turmoil, with no coach, no real identity and seemingly no chance of winning the Ashes this summer.All that changed
London: England took a thrilling first test at Lord's when it bowled out New Zealand for 220 to win by 124 runs with 9.3 overs to spare in the final session on Monday.Six bowlers shared
London: Joe Root and Ben Stokes pulled England out of dire straits against New Zealand on a compelling first day of the first cricket test at Lord's on Thursday.Root and New Zealand-born Stokes, who came
London: England was back on even terms with New Zealand on the first day of the first cricket test when it went to tea on 219-5 at Lord's on Thursday.Ben Stokes and Joe Root, who
London: New Zealand profited from winning the toss by taking four England wickets on the first morning of the first cricket test at Lord's on Thursday.Matt Henry took two wickets on debut, including England captain
St. George's, Grenada: Joe Root finished 182 not out as England built an imposing first-innings lead of 165 over the West Indies on the fourth day Friday of the second cricket test.England was all out
St. George's, Grenada: Joe Root's first overseas century propelled England to 373-6 and a 74-run lead over the West Indies after three days of the second test on Thursday.Root joined Gary Ballance after lunch after
Wellington, New Zealand: A century by Joe Root lifted England to 309 for six in its World Cup Pool A match against Sri Lanka, with some big hitting near the end helping to make amends
Wellington: Scoreboard of England vs Sri Lanka Group A, 22nd Match of the ICC World Cup 2015 played at Westpac Stadium here Sunday. Result: Sri Lanka won by 9 wicketsMan of the Match: Kumar SangakkaraToss: England
Hobart, Australia: Ian Bell made 141 and Joe Root 69 as England scored 303-8 after being sent in to bat by Australia in Friday's tri-series one-day match at Bellerive Oval.Bell followed his match-winning 88 not
London: England middle order batsman Joe Root Monday said that he supports former New Zealand skipper Martin Crowe's idea of introducing yellow and red cards in cricket as a punishment for misconduct."Yeah, why not? It
Brisbane: The continuing on-field spats among players do not make for a good sight says Joe Root but the England batsman is sure that it would never deteriorate into cricketers punching each other like in
Colombo, Sri Lanka: England's James Taylor hit a maiden international half-century to carry the tourists to 265 after batting first in the fourth one-day international against Sri Lanka on Sunday.Taylor, playing his third match, made
New Delhi: For England batsman Joe Root recent history, logics and statistics don't matter when the question of winning World Cup 2015 comes up as he firmly believes England can spring a surprise and grab
Dubai: Indian cricketers have made gains in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI rankings released Sunday, following their 3-1 series win over England.Ajinkya Rahane, the highest run-getter of the series, benefitted the most as
Leeds: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has blamed his batsmen for poor strokes as the visitors lost the fifth and final One-day International versus England here by 41 runs. At the same time, the Men
Leeds: England captain Alastair Cook expressed satisfaction after his side's 41-run win over India in the fifth One-day International here, but was also concerned that this was yet another ODI series loss for them. India
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