The headline in The West Australian didn’t waste any ink. As Joe Root landed for yet another Ashes tour, the local paper greeted one of Test cricket’s great modern run-machines with a two-word sledge: ...

Joe Root’s fluent 111 anchored England’s innings against Sri Lanka, marking his 20th ODI century and laying the foundation ...

41 - Centuries for Joe Root in Test cricket. He is now joint-third in the list of top century-makers in Tests alongside Ricky Ponting, and is only behind Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Jacques Kallis (45).

From “Average Joe” to England’s greatest: Joe Root answered all the insults about his batting in Australia with a shrug of his shoulders and a hundred that makes him the undisputed king of English ...