After talking about Darren Sammy who was a white ball great for West Indies, we will talk about a player who is in the Top 5 batters in World cricket. This player has become the best player of test cricket in the world and he still has a few great years left in him so more runs will come and we will do another best performances article later as well. We are talking about none other than Joe Root, the talisman from England. We will look at his records below.
Joe Root has been playing international cricket from 2012 and for 10 years he has ruled international cricket and scored heaps of runs for England. He has played 124 test matches till now and he has scored 10504 runs at an average of 50.02 and he has made 28 Test hundreds and 5 double Hundreds. He has also played 158 ODIs and has made 6207 runs at an average of 50.06 with 16 Hundreds and he has played 32 T20IS for England and has made 890 runs. Let’s look at his best performances.
254 vs Pakistan (2016)
This is the highest score by Joe Root in test cricket and it came against Pakistan in 2016 and this was one of the best test innings by an England batter. England were batting first in this test match and Joe Root came to bat at number 3 and he batted for 406 balls and made 254 runs and he hit 27 fours in this innings meaning a total of 108 runs in boundaries. His strike rate was 62.56 and England won this test match by a whopping 330 runs mainly due to his efforts.
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226 vs New Zealand (2019)
The second performance on this list is an innings he played against New Zealand in 2019 and this time he was getting to his peak. England were replying to the New Zealand innings and at number 3 came out Joe Root and he just started hitting runs and never allowed the New Zealand bowling to settle. He batted for a mammoth 441 balls and he hit 22 fours and 1 six meaning a total of 94 runs in boundaries. He was brilliant In this match and the match ended in a draw but it was a special away double hundred for him.
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218 vs India (2021)
This was one of his best double Hundreds because it came in away conditions in India and he established himself as the best of his generation in this match. England were batting first and he came to bat at number 3 and from there on it was one way traffic as Joe Root just got on top of the Indian bowling attack and he played for 377 balls and hit 19 fours and 2 sixes in this innings. His strike rate was 57.82 and England won this test match by 227 runs and Joe Root would go on to score lots of runs from here on.
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176 vs New Zealand (2022)
The fourth performance on this list is from this year vs New Zealand and this was an unlike Joe Root innings and he batted like it was an ODI Match. New Zealand made a big score of 553 in the first innings and England replied with authority and at number 3 Joe Root only took 211 balls to make 176 runs and he smashed 26 fours and 1 six meaning a total of 110 runs in boundaries. His strike rate was a staggering 83.41 and due to the aggressive batting approach from England they won the match by 5 wickets.
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133* vs Bangladesh (2017)
This is the highest score by Joe Root in ODI cricket and it came in an important chase against Bangladesh when England were chasing 306 in 50 overs. In at number 3 he came and from there it was smooth sailing for England because from one end he held the crease and hit shots and from the other end the other batters played their shots. In 129 balls he made 133* and he hit 11 fours and 1 six and his strike rate was 103.10 meaning he ran a lot and England won the match by a whopping 8 wickets.
