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Joe Root Test record against Pakistan

2015-10-13 – 2026-09-09 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 21 Test matches against Pakistan with recorded batting or bowling figures: 36 batting innings and 19 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
DisciplineInningsRunsWickets / outsAverageStrike rate
Batting361,6513251.5962.09
Bowling19374846.7585.50

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: 3.28 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 684.

Batting milestones in this sample: 2 centuries and 9 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,659.

CAREER BY FORMAT

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by year
  1. 2015287 runs
  2. 2016512 runs
  3. 2018117 runs
  4. 202094 runs
  5. 2022125 runs
  6. 2024352 runs
  7. 2026164 runs
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
2026351646641.0065.860221024900N/AN/AN/A
20243535226270.4067.56102105214170.003.50120.00
2022351257325.0085.03011101476539.203.1175.60
202034944231.3341.22001202282142.003.5072.00
2018231176839.0054.160114021600N/AN/AN/A
20164851225473.1466.40126307715127.002.4566.00
2015362878857.4054.450326052720N/A4.87N/A

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
SettingMatchesBat innsRunsBat avgBat SRBowl innsWicketsBowl avg
Home122088752.1760.587234.50
Away61047747.7071.4010644.33
Neutral3628757.4054.4520N/A
SCORECARD MILESTONES

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v Pakistan · Sheikh Zayed Stadium

  2. First century in this archive · 254 runs

    Test v Pakistan · Old Trafford

  3. Best recorded bowling · 2/23

    Test v Pakistan · Multan Cricket Stadium

  4. Highest recorded innings · 262 runs

    Test v Pakistan · Multan Cricket Stadium

  5. Latest available scorecard

    Test v Pakistan · Edgbaston

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2026-09-09Edgbaston46269--
2026-09-09Edgbaston2818--
2026-08-27Lord's32437--
2026-08-27Lord's1413--
2026-08-19Headingley266112--
2024-10-24Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium33352--
2024-10-24Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium2--08
2024-10-24Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium156--
2024-10-15Multan Cricket Stadium41834--
2024-10-15Multan Cricket Stadium3--013
2024-10-15Multan Cricket Stadium23454--
2024-10-15Multan Cricket Stadium1--024
2024-10-07Multan Cricket Stadium2262375--
2024-10-07Multan Cricket Stadium1--125
2022-12-17National Stadium, Karachi3--131
2022-12-17National Stadium, Karachi201--
2022-12-17National Stadium, Karachi1--17
2022-12-09Multan Cricket Stadium4--165
2022-12-09Multan Cricket Stadium32135--
2022-12-09Multan Cricket Stadium2--223

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.