Joe Root Test centuries: Full list of Joe Root centuries in Test cricket

Joe Root Test centuries list: The English Test captain has scored a Test century after more than six months.

During the fifth day of the first Test of the ongoing England’s tour of West Indies in North Sound, England captain Joe Root has scored his 24th Test century to put his team in a strong position.

Root, who had decided to promote himself to No. 3 from this tour, has reached the 100-run mark for the third time at this batting number. Readers must note that this is Root’s fourth Test century against West Indies, third in West Indies and 10th away from home.

Root, who has surpassed former batter Kevin Pietersen (23) in the list of most Test centuries for England, is only behind former captain Alastair Cook (33). In what is his 13th Test century as England captain, Root now has most Test centuries for an English captain.

Resuming from his overnight score of 84*, Root scored the remaining runs in singles and doubles. It was on the second delivery of the 75th over that Root ran a single off West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph to score a Test century after more than six months.

England, who have started to lose wickets in a bid to accelerate on a Day 5 pitch, have also lost Root in the process. The 31-year old player returned to the pavilion after scoring 109 (204) with the help of six fours after Joseph beat his defence at the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium.

Root, who shared a 199-run partnership for the second wicket alongside opening batter Zac Crawley (121), will now be looking to time declaration perfectly to put on display an intriguing finish to this Test.

Joe Root Test centuries list

No.	Score	Opposition	Venue	Year
1	104	New Zealand	Leeds	2013
2	180	Australia	Lord’s	2013
3	200*	Sri Lanka	Lord’s	2014
4	154*	India	Nottingham	2014
5	149*	India	The Oval	2014
6	182*	West Indies	St John’s	2015
7	134	Australia	Cardiff	2015
8	130	Australia	Nottingham	2015
9	110	South Africa	Johannesburg	2016
10	254	Pakistan	Manchester	2016
11	124	India	Rajkot	2016
12	190	South Africa	Lord’s	2017
13	136	West Indies	Birmingham	2017
14	125	India	The Oval	2018
15	124	Sri Lanka	Pallekele	2018
16	122	West Indies	Gros Islet	2019
17	226	New Zealand	Hamilton	2019
18	228	Sri Lanka	Galle	2021
19	186	Sri Lanka	Galle	2021
20	218	India	Chennai	2021
21	109	India	Nottingham	2021
22	180*	India	Lord’s	2021
23	121	India	Leeds	2021
24	109	West Indies	North Sound	2022
25	153	West Indies	Bridgetown	2022