Joe Root England 19 Jun
ICC World Cup 2019 most runs, wickets after England vs Afghanistan: Root leaps to second spot, Archer to third

Root (367 runs) is now 17 behind Shakib, while Archer (12 wickets) is 1 behind Amir and Starc.

Joe Root England 15 Jun
ICC World Cup 2019 most runs, wickets after England vs West Indies: Root reclaims top spot, Archer now second

Root now has 279 runs, while Archer (9 wickets) is a wicket behind Amir.

Joe Root England 08 Jun
ICC World Cup 2019 most runs, wickets after Pakistan vs Sri Lanka: Chance for Root, Henry to build on lead

Root and Henry, who have most runs and wickets respectively, will get the opportunity to build on their respective leads.

Mohammad Amir Pakistan England 04 Jun
ICC World Cup 2019 most runs, wickets after England vs Pakistan: Amir, Root lead respective lists

Root and Buttler share the top two spots in the runs chart, while Amir moved to the top of the wickets chart.

Sourav Ganguly India 15 Mar
Cricket news round-up – March 15: BCCI to wait and watch before making IPL schedule

BCCI decides to wait and watch, Aus-NZ ODIs cancelled, and relief for Joe Root.

James Jimmy Anderson Lancashire England 06 Jan
South Africa vs England 2nd Test, Day 5 preview: Intriguing finish on the cards

Stumps, Day 4: England 269 (Ollie Pope 61*; Kagiso Rabada 3/68) and 391/8 Dec (Dom Sibley 133*, Ben Stokes 72, Joe Root 61; Anrich Nortje 3/61) lead South Africa 223 (Dean Elgar 88, Rassie van der Dussen 68; James Anderson 5/40) and 126/2 (Pieter Malan 63*, James Anderson 1/18) by 312 runs.

England captain Joe Root celebrates reaching his 100 during Day Three of the Third Test match between the West Indies and England 02 Dec
Cricket news round-up – December 2: Australia eye win, England on top at Hamilton, Karnataka win Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Hamilton Test takes an interesting turn, thanks to Joe Root whereas Australia are to set to win against Pakistan. Karnataka win a nerve-wracking final in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Mitchell Starc Australia 07 Jun
ICC World Cup 2019 most runs, wickets after Australia vs West Indies: Starc and Cummins make it to the top five

Joe Root is still leading the chart followed by Shakib Al Hasan and Rohit Sharma. Matt Henry’s four-wicket haul helps him stay at the top followed by Mitchell Starc.

Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan 04 Jun
Cricket news round-up – 4 June: Pakistan beat England to end losing streak

Pakistan opened their account in the World Cup with a 14-run win over England; while Joe Root's brother Billy Root scored a double-hundred

London ENGLAND - Sept 13 2023:Ben Stokes of England reaching England highest score of 182 not out during the Third Metro Bank One Day International match between England and New Zealand at The Kia Oval . London Credit: PATRICK ANTHONISZ/Alamy Live News 14 Sep
Stokes special lifts England to crushing victory over New Zealand

Ben Stokes smashed the highest score by an Englishman in ODI cricket history to take England to a monumental 181-run victory in the third ODI against New Zealand at the Oval. The all-rounder’s sensational 124-ball 182 lifted the hosts to a towering score of 368 before the Blackcaps folded for 187 in response to give […]