"Joe Root hasn't even bothered changing sides, he's just become a left-handed bat. Batting right-handed too easy for him. I mean how good does that look left-handed?" Article continues below ...

We would all have liked a bat on it, even at my age. But that is not to take anything away from England. Their batting was magnificent. Joe Root and Harry Brook, using different styles ...

Joe Root should be fit to bat in England's fourth-innings chase of 399 in the second Test against India after spending most of day three off the field nursing a damaged finger. Root sustained a ...

Nestled in his crib, a baby Joe Root holds a small cricket bat. Now, 33 years later, that same baby is England’s highest-ever Test run scorer. You could say he was born to the role.

Joe Root's despairing dive is not enough Credit: getty images The mic-drop celebration from Kohli just rubbed it in a bit more. Root always knew that bat-drop at Headingley could come back and ...

Joe Root has been in sensational form, scoring 10 hundreds in the longest format since January 2021. On Friday, the No 1 Test batter on the ICC Rankings was presented with a silver bat to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

England’s Test captain, Joe Root, will bat at No 3 in the Ashes series after personally offering to move up the order to solve the team’s growing batting crisis. Root approached the England ...

Captain Joe Root insisted he had no regrets about his teamsheet or his decision to bat first despite watching Australia cruise to victory in the the first Ashes Test. England attracted huge ...