page_title: Joe Root
section_title: 2013
hierarchical_section_title: Joe Root / England career / 2013
caption_attribution_description: Joe Root fielding in the deep for ENG v AUS in 2nd ODI at Old Trafford, 2013
context_page_description: Joseph Edward Root MBE is an English international cricketer who is the current captain of England in Test cricket. He also represents Yorkshire domestically. As of August 2020 he is ranked in the top-ten in both Test and ODI batting in the ICC Player Rankings. Root was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
  He was originally a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off-spinner, with a similar playing style to former England captain Michael Vaughan, though with a significantly better average. However, he has played the majority of his cricket for England in the middle order. He made his debut for England in the 2012 Test series in India and made his ODI and Twenty20 International debuts on the same tour, before scoring his maiden Test century at his home ground of Headingley the following spring against New Zealand.
  On the occasion of England's 1000th Test in August 2018, he was named in the country's greatest Test XI by the ECB.
context_section_description: Following the successful tour of India, Root was retained in the Test squad for the 2013 Tour to New Zealand and was added to the previously announced ODI and Twenty20 squads. After being an unused batsman in the third Twenty20 game, he started the ODI series with two half-centuries, contributing 56 in the first game before top-scoring with 79 off 56 balls in the second. In doing so, he became the first batsman to start his ODI career with six consecutive scores of over 30. He followed this up by hitting 28* in the third ODI. He finished the ODI series with 163 runs.
  In the first Test, Root batted at number 6. In the third Test he made 45 off 176 balls before being bowled by Tim Southee then made 29 in the second innings. The Test series ended 0–0 and Root finished the series with 88 runs.
  Not long after the series in New Zealand, the Black Caps travelled to tour England. Root's first involvement of the tour was to captain the England Lions against New Zealand in a four-day warm up match, where he scored 179 runs. After scoring 40 and 71 runs in the first Test at Lord's, he scored his maiden Test century at his home ground of Headingley. He hit 104 runs off 167 balls and became the first Yorkshire player to score their first Test century at Headingley. He finished the series as England's top scorer with 243 runs and helped his side to a 2–0 Test series victory. In the ODI series that followed, he made scores of 30, 28 and 33 as England lost the series 2–1.
  For the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, England named Root in their squad of 15. He featured against Sri Lanka and hit 68 runs off 55 balls in England's 7 wicket loss. Root then helped England to a 10 run victory over New Zealand by making 38 runs off 40 balls which helped them secure a place in the semi-final. In the semi-final against South Africa Root scored 48 off 71 balls to help England to a 7 wicket win and secured a place in the final. He was also named as 12th man in the 'Team of the Tournament' by the ICC.
  For the 2013 Ashes series, Root was named as the opening batsman to partner captain Alastair Cook after selectors decided to drop Nick Compton from the England squad. Root was promoted to opening batsman for the first Test and made scores of 30 and 5, and whilst bowling, took his 1st Test wicket when he got Ed Cowan out in the second innings. Root started the second Test with a score of 6 which once again meant that he failed to make a score as an opener. However, in the second innings Alastair Cook did not enforce the follow on and Root made 180 before England declared. In the Australian final innings Root was responsible for taking the wickets of Usman Khawaja and Michael Clarke when both batsmen were on 50 plus scores. Root was named Man of the Match for his performance with the bat and the ball. The third Test wasn't Root's best as he was out for 8 in the first innings; nonetheless, he managed to hit 13* off 57 balls in the second innings before rain brought the match to an end, meaning that England retained the Ashes. England won the fourth Test and won the series. In the fifth Test Root top scored in England's first innings as he hit 68 runs, however in England's second innings they were chasing a score the Australians had set but Joe only managed to get 11 runs. He finished the Test series with 339 runs and 3 wickets.
  Root was selected to bat at number 4 for the first T20 International. The Australian side set England 249 to win thanks to an outstanding innings of 156 runs from Aaron Finch. Root came in with England 37/3 and he managed to score 90* off 49 balls but England lost by 39 runs. In the second T20I Joe batted at number 7 but only faced 1 ball scoring 1 run before England's innings finished. England won the match and drew the series, Root finished with 91 runs (both matches he was not out) and 1 wicket.
  The third ODI was abandoned in England's 15th over, Root had made 12 runs before being caught. In the fourth ODI Root was bowled for 0, his first golden duck in his ODI career. The 5th ODI was better for Root as he scored a quick 21 before being b
caption: Joe Root in 2013
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