Joe Root is an English cricketer and former captain of the England Test team. Described by his compatriots Eoin Morgan and Alastair Cook as the "most complete batsman" England has ever produced, Root has played 121 Tests and 152 One Day Internationals (ODIs), scoring 28 centuries (100 or more runs in an innings) in Tests and 16 in One Day Internationals as of July 2022.