Root's first hundred came against New Zealand at Headingley in 2013, under the captaincy of Cook, and 11 years later he stands alone as England's most prolific century-scorer in the game's longest ...

Joe Root etched his name in the record books on Saturday by setting a new England record with his 34th Test century, as England left Sri Lanka facing an enormous challenge to save the second Test ...

Now, as a player averaging 37 in first-class cricket, he has a choice: either copy the tactic of Sir Alastair Cook, leaving the ball outside off-stump and forcing opponents to come to you - Cook ...

On this day in 2018, England's legendary captain and opening batter Alastair Cook played his final international match, ...

Root, who had equalled Alastair Cook's record of most centuries for England (33) in the innings, went past his former teammate with another ton in the second innings. Root surpassed Cook with a ...

Alastair Cook hailed Joe Root as "a genius" after losing his record for the most England Test centuries to his former team-mate. Root made 103 in the second innings against Sri Lanka at Lord's on ...

Joe Root broke multiple records with his century in the second innings during the second Test of the series against Sri Lanka on Saturday. Joe Root etched his name in history on Saturday by ...

It was understated and efficient, bereft of over exuberance, just like his batting on the opening day of the second Test at Lord’s where he equalled Sir Alastair Cook as the scorer of the most ...

"He is quite simply England's greatest, and it's absolutely right that he should have this record, on his own," Cook, who was England's captain in each of Root's first 53 Tests, said on commentary ...

Root equalled Sir Alastair Cook’s national benchmark this week and the Yorkshireman is now out in front as, for the first time in his glittering 145-Test career, he registered a hundred in both ...