Joe Root Test record against Australia
2013-07-10 – 2026-01-04 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 39 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 75 batting innings and 40 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 75 | 2,828 | 69 | 40.98 | 51.31 |
| Bowling | 40 | 923 | 23 | 40.13 | 66.56 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 3.61 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 1,531.
Batting milestones in this sample: 6 centuries and 18 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 5,511.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 2013531 runs
- 2015460 runs
- 2017237 runs
- 2018141 runs
- 2019325 runs
- 2021253 runs
- 202269 runs
- 2023412 runs
- 2025234 runs
- 2026166 runs
- 20133 wickets
- 20154 wickets
- 20172 wickets
- 20180 wickets
- 20193 wickets
- 20214 wickets
- 20221 wickets
- 20236 wickets
- 20250 wickets
- 20260 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 166 | 160 | 83.00 | 59.49 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 279 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.00 | N/A |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 | 234 | 138 | 33.42 | 57.49 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 407 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 4.88 | N/A |
| 2023 | 5 | 9 | 412 | 118 | 51.50 | 74.77 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 551 | 7 | 6 | 28.66 | 3.23 | 53.16 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 34 | 17.25 | 40.82 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 169 | 3 | 1 | 106.00 | 4.24 | 150.00 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 | 253 | 89 | 42.16 | 50.80 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 498 | 3 | 4 | 32.00 | 4.00 | 48.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 10 | 325 | 77 | 32.50 | 43.91 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 740 | 4 | 3 | 40.66 | 4.35 | 56.00 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 83 | 141.00 | 45.77 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 308 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.62 | N/A |
| 2017 | 4 | 7 | 237 | 67 | 33.85 | 51.18 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 463 | 5 | 2 | 28.50 | 2.78 | 61.50 |
| 2015 | 5 | 9 | 460 | 134 | 57.50 | 67.05 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 3 | 686 | 5 | 4 | 33.75 | 4.73 | 42.75 |
| 2013 | 9 | 18 | 531 | 180 | 33.18 | 37.65 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 1,410 | 9 | 3 | 44.00 | 2.75 | 96.00 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 20 | 38 | 1,536 | 43.88 | 54.66 | 20 | 16 | 28.93 |
| Away | 19 | 37 | 1,292 | 38.00 | 47.83 | 20 | 7 | 65.71 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Trent Bridge
- Best recorded bowling · 2/9
Test v Australia · Lord's
- Highest recorded innings · 180 runs
Test v Australia · Lord's
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Sydney Cricket Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 4 | - | - | 0 | 6 |
| 2026-01-04 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | 6 | 37 | - | - |
| 2026-01-04 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | 160 | 242 | - | - |
| 2025-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 4 | 15 | 38 | - | - |
| 2025-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | 0 | 15 | - | - |
| 2025-12-17 | Adelaide Oval | 4 | 39 | 63 | - | - |
| 2025-12-17 | Adelaide Oval | 3 | - | - | 0 | 32 |
| 2025-12-17 | Adelaide Oval | 2 | 19 | 31 | - | - |
| 2025-12-04 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 3 | 15 | 36 | - | - |
| 2025-12-04 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 1 | 138 | 206 | - | - |
| 2025-11-21 | Perth Stadium | 4 | - | - | 0 | 12 |
| 2025-11-21 | Perth Stadium | 3 | 8 | 11 | - | - |
| 2025-11-21 | Perth Stadium | 1 | 0 | 7 | - | - |
| 2023-07-27 | Kennington Oval | 4 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 2023-07-27 | Kennington Oval | 3 | 91 | 106 | - | - |
| 2023-07-27 | Kennington Oval | 2 | - | - | 2 | 20 |
| 2023-07-27 | Kennington Oval | 1 | 5 | 11 | - | - |
| 2023-07-19 | Old Trafford | 3 | - | - | 1 | 32 |
| 2023-07-19 | Old Trafford | 2 | 84 | 95 | - | - |
| 2023-07-06 | Headingley | 4 | 21 | 33 | - | - |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.