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Root happy to be an England 'rock star'
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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Root resigns as England Test captain
The 31-year-old led his side to a number of notable series victories, including a 4-1 home win over India in 2018 and a 3-1 triumph away to South Africa in 2020.
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Root should step down as England captain: Vaughan
Joe Root's position is under the spotlight after the 1-0 series defeat, which came on the back of a woeful 4-0 Ashes thrashing by Australia.
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Root wants 'fight and pride' from first ball in Hobart
The tourists staved off Australia's victory push with Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad batting out two tense final overs to deny Australia a fourth straight Test win.
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Root to assess future after Ashes as Stokes says no wish to be captain
Root will become his country's longest-serving Test skipper at the fourth Test in Sydney on Wednesday, surpassing predecessor Alastair Cook's 59 matches in charge.
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Australia snare Root and Stokes as England reel in third Ashes Test
Australia ripped through England's flimsy batting to leave the visitors reeling on 128 for six at tea on day one of the third Ashes Test.
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Ashes on the line as under-siege England look to bounce back
After a nine-wicket thumping in Brisbane and then crashing by 275 runs in Adelaide, Joe Root's team must win at Melbourne Cricket Ground to keep their slim Ashes hopes alive.
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England lose Hameed as they chase 468 to beat Australia
England lost Haseeb Hameed for a duck as they reached 20-1 at tea chasing a massive 468 to win the second Ashes Test in Adelaide, needing a history-making miracle to avoid slumping 2-0 down in the series.
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Root and Malan hit 50s as England fight back in second Ashes Test
Joe Root and Dawid Malan built a 128-run stand to survive the opening session on day three of the second Ashes Test and give England hope of salvaging the day-night clash.
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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.
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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.
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Root urges England to be 'ruthless' against India in fourth Test
England's innings and 76-run victory at Headingley last week has left the five-match series all square at 1-1.
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Malan salutes 'phenomenal' Root as England pile on the runs against India
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).
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Williamson urges 'superb' New Zealand to 'start afresh' in second Test
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has told his side they must "start afresh" in next week's second and final Test against England at Edgbaston after some "superb" cricket enabled them to have the better of a drawn series opener at Lord's.
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Patel, Ashwin spin England out for 205 in final Test
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.
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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.
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Sri Lanka openers hold off England attack in Test struggle
Kusal Perera hit a half century as Sri Lanka's openers resisted England's pace and spin attack Saturday after Joe Root's double century took the tourists to a mammoth 421.
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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.
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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.
