Joe Root is an English international cricketer, born on 30 December 1990, who plays Tests and One Day Internationals for England and represents Yorkshire in English domestic cricket. A top-order right-handed batter who also bowls occasional off spin, he is England's leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs and holds the England records for most Test and most ODI centuries. He captained the Test side from 2017 to 2022 and was reappointed in 2026. Root was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where he top scored for England, and he is the only Englishman to pass 1000 runs in the competition. He was named ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year and Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 2021.
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