“I played my first game of adult cricket at about eight or nine when th...” — Joe Root Quote

“I played my first game of adult cricket at about eight or nine when the fifth team were short and picked me to field and bat at No 11. From then I just got the bug and wanted to play as often as possible.”

“I've been called Ellen DeGeneres on a number of occasions over the course of my career.”

“I'm known as tidy, I like to keep my stuff in order.”

“Decide while you're young to keep the commandments of God, and you won't have to think fast, because before temptation even steps up to the bat, you'll have made your decision. You were smart enough to think first.”

“I certainly do not want to be remembered as a good captain who perhaps didn't contribute with the bat as much as he might have done.”

“When scouts evaluate players for power, they are not simply watching to see if the ball clears the wall. They're laser focused on the flight of the ball, its trajectory and the speed with which it leaves the bat.”