I just wanted to be them and do that.”– Joe RootJoseph Edward Root, MBE*, born 30 December 1990, is the current Captain of England in Test cricket. Root was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup and was England’s leading run-scorer in the tournament. Root replaced Alastair Cook as the full-time Test Captain of England in February 2017, following the latter’s resignation, making him England’s 80th Captain. He scored his 22nd Test century at Lord’s on Saturday (14) in the second Test against India. On 16 occasions Root struck a hundred, England had won and on no time had they lost when he passed the three-figure mark.

Source: The Nation August 17, 2021 16:41 UTC