Joe Root Cricket Records — Tests, ODIs & T20Is
Top Records
3rd
Most matches in career
Players169
6th
Most matches as captain
Captains68
1st
Most runs in a series
Most runs1272
Hundred in each innings of a match
HundredsHundred and a ninety in a match
Nineties1st
Fifties in consecutive matches
Fifties12
Hundred and a duck in a match
Ducks and pairs4th
Most fours in career
Boundaries1536
2nd
Fastest to 14000 runs
Fastest career runs302
1st
Outstanding bowling analyses in an innings
Most wickets2/0
2nd
Most catches in career
Most catches220
1000 runs, 50 wickets and 50 catches
Batting, bowling and fielding5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals
Batting and fielding1st
Highest partnership for the tenth wicket
Innings partnerships198
6th
Most player-of-the-series awards
Players7
99 not out (and 199, 299 etc)
Nineties99*
3rd
Fifties in consecutive innings
Fifties6
5th
Fastest to 4000 runs
Fastest career runs91
3rd
Most catches in an innings
Most catches4
5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals
Batting and fielding5th
Most player-of-the-series awards
Players13
8th
Most runs in career
Most runs23074
5th
Most hundreds against one team
Hundreds16
5th
Fifties in consecutive matches
Fifties8
8th
Most catches in career
Most catches331
Players
3rd
Most matches in career
Players169
18th
Most consecutive matches for a team
Players77
10th
Most player-of-the-match awards
Players13
9th
Most player-of-the-series awards
Players6
Captains
6th
Most matches as captain
Captains68
8th
Most consecutive matches as captain of a team
Captains39
Most runs
2nd
Most runs in career
Most runs14278
34th
Most runs in a match
Most runs325
1st
Most runs in a series
Most runs1272
3rd
Most runs in a calendar year
Most runs1708
14th
Most runs in a match on the losing side
Most runs248
5th
Most runs on a single ground
Most runs2203
32nd
Most runs in an series by a captain
Most runs564
42nd
Most runs in an innings by a captain
Most runs228
Averages and strike rates
41st
Highest career batting average
Averages and strike rates50.45
Hundreds
3rd
Most hundreds in a career
Hundreds41
7th
Most double hundreds in a career
Hundreds6
Hundred in each innings of a match
Hundreds1st
Most hundreds in a series
Hundreds5
6th
Most hundreds in a calendar year
Hundreds6
2nd
Most hundreds against one team
Hundreds13
22nd
Hundreds in consecutive matches
Hundreds3
10th
Hundred in hundredth match
Hundreds218
23rd
Youngest player to score a double hundred
Hundreds23y 164d
Nineties
Hundred and a ninety in a match
NinetiesFifties
2nd
Most fifties in career
Fifties110
7th
Fifties in consecutive innings
Fifties6
1st
Fifties in consecutive matches
Fifties12
Ducks and pairs
Hundred and a duck in a match
Ducks and pairsBoundaries
4th
Most fours in career
Boundaries1536
Fastest career runs
32nd
Fastest to 2000 runs
Fastest career runs43
18th
Fastest to 3000 runs
Fastest career runs62
18th
Fastest to 4000 runs
Fastest career runs84
14th
Fastest to 5000 runs
Fastest career runs105
20th
Fastest to 6000 runs
Fastest career runs127
28th
Fastest to 7000 runs
Fastest career runs158
23rd
Fastest to 8000 runs
Fastest career runs178
13th
Fastest to 9000 runs
Fastest career runs196
11th
Fastest to 10000 runs
Fastest career runs218
8th
Fastest to 11000 runs
Fastest career runs238
6th
Fastest to 12000 runs
Fastest career runs261
5th
Fastest to 13000 runs
Fastest career runs279
2nd
Fastest to 14000 runs
Fastest career runs302
Most wickets
1st
Outstanding bowling analyses in an innings
Most wickets1/0
Averages, strike rates and economy
31st
Best strike rate in an innings
Averages, strike rates and economy7.6
Most catches
2nd
Most catches in career
Most catches220
17th
Most catches in a series
Most catches12
Batting, bowling and fielding
1000 runs, 50 wickets and 50 catches
Batting, bowling and fieldingBatting and fielding
5000 runs and 50 fielding dismissals
Batting and fieldingInnings partnerships
4th
Highest partnerships for any wicket
Innings partnerships454
4th
Highest partnerships by wicket
Innings partnerships4th
1st
Highest partnership for the fourth wicket
Innings partnerships454
1st
Highest partnership for the tenth wicket
Innings partnerships198
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