Joe Root Test average by year: Joe Root Test centuries full list

Gurpreet Singh | 05/07/2022
Joe Root Test average by year: Joe Root Test centuries full list

Joe Root Test average by year: The former England skipper smashed his 5th Test ton this year to guide his team to a historic win at Edgbaston.

Resuming at his overnight score of 76 (112), former England skipper Joe Root smashed his 28th Test century on the final day of the fifth Test match against India at Edgbaston, to help his side register a 7-wicket victory, one which will be remembered by the Cricketing fraternity for many, many years to come.

Root was equally well-complimented by Jonny Bairstow, who himself smashed centuries in both the innings as the duo stitched together a marvelous 315-ball 269-run stand for the 4th wicket, to have the Indian bowling attack on their haunches by the end of those arduous final few sessions of the Test for them.

As for Root, his fifth Test century this year has meant that he has gone past the overall tally of 27 Test tons of the other two modern batting greats in Virat Kohli and Steve Smith.

Enjoying what is perhaps the best phase of his Cricketing career, the 31-year-old has smashed his 11th Test century since the start of 2021, and his ninth overall against India – the most by any player in the longest format.

Joe Root Test average by year

Joe Root averages 50.76 in his 121 matches long Test career so far, which commenced in the year 2012. Let’s take a look at his Test average in each of these calendar years:

Year Runs Average
 2012 93 93
 2013 862 34.48
 2014 777 97.12
 2015 1385 60.21
 2016 1477 49.23
 2017 966 50.84
 2018 948 41.21
 2019 851 37
 2020 464 42.18
 2021 1708 61
 2022 1098 45.75

Joe Root Test centuries full list

Runs
Opposition Ground Start Date
254 v Pakistan Manchester 22-Jul-16
228 v Sri Lanka Galle 14-Jan-21
226 v New Zealand Hamilton 29-Nov-19
218 v India Chennai 05-Feb-21
200* v Sri Lanka Lord’s 12-Jun-14
190 v South Africa Lord’s 06-Jul-17
186 v Sri Lanka Galle 22-Jan-21
182* v West Indies St George’s 21-Apr-15
180* v India Lord’s 12-Aug-21
180 v Australia Lord’s 18-Jul-13
176 v New Zealand Nottingham 10-Jun-22
154* v India Nottingham 09-Jul-14
153 v West Indies Bridgetown 16-Mar-22
149* v India The Oval 15-Aug-14
142* v India Birmingham 01-Jul-22
136 v West Indies Birmingham 17-Aug-17
134 v Australia Cardiff 08-Jul-15
130 v Australia Nottingham 06-Aug-15
125 v India The Oval 07-Sep-18
124 v India Rajkot 09-Nov-16
124 v Sri Lanka Pallekele 14-Nov-18
122 v West Indies Gros Islet 09-Feb-19
121 v India Leeds 25-Aug-21
115* v New Zealand Lord’s 02-Jun-22
110 v South Africa Johannesburg 14-Jan-16
109 v India Nottingham 04-Aug-21
109 v West Indies North Sound 08-Mar-22
104 v New Zealand Leeds 24-May-13
153* v New Zealand Wellington 24-Feb-23

 

Post Edited By: Gurpreet Singh
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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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