Joe Root is the highest run-scorer in Test cricket among active players. The Englishman is a Test specialist and has scored most of his career runs in the red-ball format. The veteran English batter ...

England’s batting pillar Joe Root hit his second century of the Ashes series on Monday, matching Australian legend Ricky Ponting’s tally of 41 Test hundreds. The milestone came during the fifth and ...

BRISBANE, Australia(AP) — After waiting a dozen years and 15 test matches, Joe Root took a little extra time to savor his first Ashes hundred in Australia. He took off his batting helmet, kissed the ...

Except for two occasions of two quick wickets, Day 3 of the 4th Test of the 2025 Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Manchester ...

Root put Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis in his rear-view mirror before following up a 38th Test ton by reaching 120 to eclipse Australian great Ricky Ponting’s tally of 13,378 runs on day three of ...

Even after scoring 39 Test centuries, Joe Root was still defined by the hundred he had not scored. No longer. After 12 years of waiting, Root’s first century in Australia cements his place among the ...

Joe Root stood firmly by teammate Jamie Smith after the young batter faced heavy criticism for his dismissal in the first innings of the final Sydney Test. Smith once again showed promise before ...

Mitchell Starc continued his fine wicket-taking form, while Joe Root celebrates his century Cameron Spencer/Getty Images; David Gray/AFP via Getty Images The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp ...

But there was someone even more confident than Root. Before the Ashes 2025-26 kicked off, Hayden had made a bet that if Root didn’t score a century on this tour, he would run naked at the MCG. Joe ...

Sri Lanka clinched a close contest in the first ODI in Colombo, beating England by 19 runs. Kusal Mendis (93*) and Janith ...