Joe Root Test record against New Zealand
2013-03-06 – 2026-06-25 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 24 Test matches against New Zealand with recorded batting or bowling figures: 46 batting innings and 27 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 | 46 | 2,096 | 42 | 49.90 | 57.88 |
| Bowling | 27 | 513 | 9 | 57.00 | 96.88 |
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: 3.52 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 872.
Batting milestones in this sample: 6 centuries and 10 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 3,621.
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
- 2013331 runs
- 2015183 runs
- 2018142 runs
- 2019239 runs
- 202197 runs
- 2022396 runs
- 2023319 runs
- 2024218 runs
- 2026171 runs
Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 6 | 171 | 77 | 28.50 | 58.56 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 292 | 2 | 1 | 44.00 | 4.40 | 60.00 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 | 218 | 106 | 43.60 | 83.20 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 262 | 1 | 1 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 6.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 | 319 | 153 | 106.33 | 75.77 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 421 | 3 | 1 | 54.00 | 3.00 | 108.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 | 396 | 176 | 99.00 | 74.15 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 534 | 4 | 1 | 77.00 | 4.27 | 108.00 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 42 | 24.25 | 38.49 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 252 | 3 | 1 | 99.00 | 3.12 | 190.00 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 239 | 226 | 79.66 | 46.49 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 514 | 3 | 1 | 104.00 | 4.16 | 150.00 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 142 | 54 | 35.50 | 43.29 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 328 | 3 | 2 | 25.00 | 3.00 | 50.00 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 | 183 | 98 | 45.75 | 59.60 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 307 | 3 | 1 | 36.00 | 3.00 | 72.00 |
| 2013 | 5 | 9 | 331 | 104 | 36.77 | 46.55 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 711 | 5 | 0 | N/A | 2.46 | N/A |
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 | 12 | 24 | 1,090 | 49.54 | 60.28 | 13 | 4 | 64.25 |
| Away | 12 | 22 | 1,006 | 50.30 | 55.48 | 14 | 5 | 51.20 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · University Oval, Dunedin
- First century in this archive · 104 runs
Test v New Zealand · Headingley
- Best recorded bowling · 1/7
Test v New Zealand · Lord's
- Highest recorded innings · 226 runs
Test v New Zealand · Seddon Park
- Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Trent Bridge
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | Trent Bridge | 4 | 18 | 17 | - | - |
| 2026-06-25 | Trent Bridge | 2 | 21 | 46 | - | - |
| 2026-06-25 | Trent Bridge | 1 | - | - | 1 | 7 |
| 2026-06-17 | Kennington Oval | 4 | 77 | 145 | - | - |
| 2026-06-17 | Kennington Oval | 3 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2026-06-17 | Kennington Oval | 2 | 46 | 57 | - | - |
| 2026-06-04 | Lord's | 3 | 8 | 19 | - | - |
| 2026-06-04 | Lord's | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | - |
| 2024-12-14 | Seddon Park | 4 | 54 | 64 | - | - |
| 2024-12-14 | Seddon Park | 3 | - | - | 1 | 17 |
| 2024-12-14 | Seddon Park | 2 | 32 | 42 | - | - |
| 2024-12-06 | Basin Reserve | 3 | 106 | 130 | - | - |
| 2024-12-06 | Basin Reserve | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 2024-11-28 | Hagley Oval | 4 | 23 | 15 | - | - |
| 2024-11-28 | Hagley Oval | 2 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 2023-02-24 | Basin Reserve | 4 | 95 | 113 | - | - |
| 2023-02-24 | Basin Reserve | 3 | - | - | 1 | 39 |
| 2023-02-24 | Basin Reserve | 1 | 153 | 224 | - | - |
| 2023-02-16 | Bay Oval | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-02-16 | Bay Oval | 3 | 57 | 62 | - | - |
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.