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England's Joe Root celebrates his half-century on Day 4 of the fifth cricket Test match between England and India at Edgbaston, Birmingham in central England on 4 July 2022. Picture: Geoff Caddick/AFP

Joe root

Root happy to be an England 'rock star'

By AFP

Joe Root said England captain Ben Stokes had urged the side to play like "rock stars" following a record-breaking win over India.

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  • FILE: England captain Joe Root. Picture: @ICC/Twitter

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  • FILE: England captain Joe Root. Picture: @ICC/Twitter

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    234 days ago
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    238 days ago
  • England batsman Joe Root (L) steers a ball to Australia's Marnus Labuschange (C) on the third day of the second Ashes cricket Test match in Adelaide on 18 December 2021. Picture: AFP

    Root and Malan hit 50s as England fight back in second Ashes Test

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    240 days ago
  • England Test captain Joe Root. Picture: @englandcricket/Twitter

    England captain Root demands change after cricket racism scandal

    Joe Root, who is currently in Australia leading Ashes preparations, issued his statement following weeks of escalating pressure at the club he has represented since childhood.

    276 days ago
  • England Test captain Joe Root. Picture: @englandcricket/Twitter

    England's Root 'desperate' to play in Ashes but won't commit yet

    Players and team management have yet to learn the exact conditions under which the five-Test series will take place, with those who have young families particularly concerned about the potentially stringent rules.

    320 days ago
  • England Test captain Joe Root. Picture: @englandcricket/Twitter

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    348 days ago
  • England Test captain Joe Root. Picture: @englandcricket/Twitter

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    Root's 121 at Headingley was his sixth Test century of 2021 and equalled the England record for the most hundreds in a calendar year shared by Denis Compton (1947) and Michael Vaughan (2002).

    353 days ago
  • New Zealand's captain Kane Williamson celebrates reaching his double century (200 runs) during the second day of the first Test cricket match between New Zealand and West Indies at Seddon Park in Hamilton on 4 December 2020. Picture: AFP

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    434 days ago
  • Indian cricket team during the first day of the final Test match against England on 4 March 2021 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Picture: @GCAMotera/Twitter

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    Joe Root won the toss for the third time in the series and chose to bat at the world's biggest cricket venue in Ahmedabad, where India won the spin-dominated third Test inside two days.

    528 days ago
  • FILE: England cricket's Joe Root. Picture: @englandcricket/Twitter.

    Root wants England to be 'brave' against Indian spinners

    The tourists have sustained heavy defeats in the past two matches -- by 317 runs in Chennai and 10 wickets in a chastening two-day finish in Ahmedabad -- but can still draw the series 2-2.

    530 days ago
  • The Lankan openers survive the England attack and make it to tea with 90 for no loss. Picture: Twitter @OfficialSLC.

    Sri Lanka openers hold off England attack in Test struggle

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    575 days ago
  • FILE: England's Joe Root (2ndR) appeals unsuccessfully as England's Ben Stokes (L) looks on during the second day of the fourth Test cricket match between South Africa and England at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on 25 January 2020. Picture: AFP

    England have right mix to be world’s best test side, says Root

    England beat the West Indies 2-1 and Pakistan 1-0 in a rain-hit series which, coupled with their success in South Africa at the start of the year, continue an upward trajectory with new players in the team.

    718 days ago
  • FILE: England's Joe Root (2ndR) appeals unsuccessfully as England's Ben Stokes (L) looks on during the second day of the fourth Test cricket match between South Africa and England at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on 25 January 2020. Picture: AFP

    England captain Root returns as West Indies eye series win

    Star batsman Root missed England's four-wicket defeat at Southampton in international cricket's return from lockdown last week after attending the birth of his second child.

    761 days ago
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