England’s Joe Root, who made a mark with his batting in Test cricket, has now created history in ODI. Root, who is in great form, has registered another record in his name by scoring a century against West Indies. He has become the first batsman to score 7000 runs in ODI for England.
18th century in ODI
The second match of the three-match ODI series between England and West Indies was played in Cardiff. Batting first in this match, West Indies set a huge target of 308 runs in front of England on the basis of a brilliant century by Keacy Carty (103). In response, England won by 3 wickets on the basis of Joe Root’s tremendous unbeaten innings of 166 runs. This is the 18th century of his ODI career.
Batsmen with most half-centuries for England in ODIs
- Joe Root (43*)
- Eoin Morgan (42)
- Ian Bell (35)
- Alec Stewart (28)
- Jos Buttler (27)
- Graeme Hick (27)
- Andrew Strauss (27)
Root has played 179 ODIs for England, in which he has scored 43 half-centuries. Now he is at the top of this list.
7000 Runs for England
Along with registering the record of most half-centuries in his name, he has become the first batsman to complete 7000 runs for England.
5 batsmen who have scored the most runs for England in ODI cricket
- Joe Root (7000)
- Eoin Morgan (6957)
- Ian Bell (5416)
- Jos Buttler (5233)
- Paul Collingwood (5092)
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