Under pressure after dwindling returns, Joe Root roared back to form with a magnificent 226-run knock and also became the only touring skipper to score a double century in New Zealand.

Ben Stokes, the stand-out star of the unforgettable summer of cricket who inspired England’s historic World Cup win before one of the greatest Test innings of all time, has been honoured with the Inspirational Performance Award ahead of this year’s Mirror Pride of Sport Awards, in partnership with TSB.

A draw seemed the most likely result of the 2nd Test .at the close of play on the 4th day, between New Zealand and England, despite a battling double hundred from England captain, Joe Root.

Not only have England faltered as a team under Root's captaincy of late, his form as a batsman has also been poor, with him averaging just 27.40 this year.

England Test cricket captain Joe Root visited the University of Wolverhampton to offer his top tips to students and school pupils.

Joe Root believes cool heads will prevail as England prepare for a pair of crunch clashes in their World Cup campaign.

Joe Root is the glue that holds the finely tuned England machine together and it’s a selfless role he’s more than happy to fulfil.

Joe Root is one of the best one-day players in the world and he proved it again in England’s eight-wicket win over the West Indies with another brilliant century.

Joe Root was hailed as the ‘glue’ that holds together England’s dazzling batting operation after his superb match-winning century guided the injury-depleted hosts...

England must avoid pressing the panic button after crashing to a 14-run defeat by Pakistan

England captain Joe Root will be in action for Yorkshire in two Specsavers County Championship fixtures

England captain Joe Root has moved into the top five in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings after his fine century in the third Test against the Windies in St Lucia, which his side won by 232 runs on Tuesday

England National Cricket Selectors have named a 16-strong squad for the three-match Test series in the Caribbean starting in January and a 15-strong squad for the ODI series against the Windies starting in February.

A brilliant hundred from England captain Joe Root put England in a strong position at the end of Day 3 of the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka.

England captain Joe Root has received an official reprimand and one demerit point for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct...

Joe Root today joined local school children to launch Village Hotel Club’s new community volunteering project

England batsman Joe Root’s back-to-back centuries have helped him vault into second place in the latest MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings that have also seen India’s spinner Kuldeep Yadav break into the top-10 for the first time in his career.

To conform with the ICC’s kit policy, England will wear their red IT20 shirt for Sunday’s ODI against Scotland in Edinburgh.

After England’s loss in the Lord’s Test, Pakistan have taken an unassailable 1-0 lead in the 2-match series.

England Captain Joe Root, who has persisted with batting at No. 4 for a long time, has finally budged and is willing to take more responsibility by batting at No. 3 in the Test series against Pakistan and India.