Talk:Joe Root

Separate list of international centuries for Root?

Is it now worth creating a separate page of a list for Root's international centuries? He now has 20 international centuries overall and now that he also has been given the Test captaincy for England, it would allow for more detail on his centuries and which centuries were pre-captaincy and during captaincy. He's also the only one of the current "Fab Four" all-format (and in particular Test) batsmen (Smith, Kohli, Williamson and himself) to not have one. Joalhe1997 (talk) 15:29, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

No it isnt necessary Silla Mohan Rao (talk) 07:08, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

article length

Do we seriously need sub sections on every single International series he's played in? The article is already long and by the time his career is over this will be the longest sport article in WP. LibStar (talk) 06:43, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Seconded in spades. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.97.116.103 (talk) 18:55, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm working on cutting out a load of the routine coverage of unremarkable performances, though I'm sure it could be condensed further still. It is all very matter of fact "he did this" style, with no critical appraisal (good or bad) to put it in any sort of context.Spike 'em (talk) 13:15, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Date of Birth / nickname etc

Could whoever keeps editing this please stop, or alternatively provide a source that proves it is correct (and not just your birthday) Spike 'em (talk) 15:40, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

Sisters

I was about to revert the change but looked into it first. Turns out it was me who introduced his sisters in this edit. I don't remember adding them, even less where I got the information from and none of the refs I added support their existence. A brief search shows that it is most likely a crude joke based on the Australian meaning of "root", which when combined with those particular names leads to much hilarity. Sorry! Spike 'em (talk) 15:15, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

I figure it was something like that, that there was a joke somewhere. Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:36, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2021

Root now has a test match 5 wicket haul and best figures of 5/8 in tests.

The stats bar should be updated to reflect this (it already has been for first class matches). 77.100.133.150 (talk) 02:24, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

 Already done Fixed between the time this request was posted and the time I saw it. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 16:01, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 September 2021

Test catches - 142 Test wickets - 39 Rituraj05 (talk) 15:03, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Joe root updates Rituraj05 (talk) 15:04, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:00, 5 September 2021 (UTC)

Joe root 30+ consecutive

It not unsourced it's is a record mention on English records of cricket Anshul Srivastava.21 (talk) 08:04, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

It looks unsourced to me, and such a random feat is not worthy of mention in the lead. Spike 'em (talk) 08:52, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

You continue to add junk stats to the lead. This section is meant to summarise the important information from the rest of the article, not be an overly-specific stats dump Spike 'em (talk) 18:27, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Personal Life

Root married Carrie Cottrell with whom he has two children, Alfie and Isabel. 195.213.85.91 (talk) 22:32, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Height

Any sources out there for his height, which aren't mirrors of here? The Guardian claims He’s 6ft 2in or so, Cricket Monthly (part of cricinfo) the sole member of the [big 4] club to reach 6ft, and only just.. He's been 6'0" on here since his infobox was first added in Jan 2010, but the source used for that (An old version of cricinfo player page) does not list his height. The man himself claims that I’m 6ft... but this is a mixture of WP:SELFSOURCE and WP:DAILYMAIL so dunno if we can use it. Spike 'em (talk) 12:11, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

"one of the greatest of all time"

This sort of description needs multiple independent, reliable and authoratative sources, preferably from around the globe. He is undoubtably a very good player, but we need to be careful with WP:PEACOCK phrasing. Spike 'em (talk) 10:01, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Spike 'em, Thanks for letting it know. Obviously it was peacock phrasing but Can we modified it to One of the best player of all time? I think it was supported by multiple reliable, secondary and independent references to the subject. Thank You! Fade258 (talk) 10:18, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Please provide the references that state this so other editors can assess them. Spike 'em (talk) 13:27, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

@~2026-23672-0 please discuss changes here, rather than edit-warring. Spike 'em (talk) 10:46, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

@Raouyt please discuss here. Spike 'em (talk) 12:46, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2026

He also plays for Welsh Fire in 2026 in domestic team information ~2026-41450-04 (talk) 19:02, 25 July 2026 (UTC)