Head to Head

Joe Root vs Alastair Cook

Career figures side by side, by format. Only formats both players have played are shown, and a figure that was never recorded is left blank rather than counted as zero.

Joe Root

United Kingdom · Batsman

Alastair Cook

United Kingdom · Batsman

Test

Joe Root and Alastair Cook compared in Test cricket
Joe Root	Statistic	Alastair Cook
166	Matches	161
14,114	Runs	12,472
50.41	Batting average	45.35
57.53	Strike rate	46.95
262	Highest score	294
41	Centuries	33
67	Half centuries	57
74	Wickets	1
48.09	Bowling average	7.00
3.37	Economy rate	2.33
216	Catches	175

ODI

Joe Root and Alastair Cook compared in ODI cricket
Joe Root	Statistic	Alastair Cook
183	Matches	91
7,329	Runs	3,204
49.19	Batting average	36.83
87.09	Strike rate	77.26
166	Highest score	137
19	Centuries	5
44	Half centuries	19
29	Wickets	—
57.86	Bowling average	—
5.91	Economy rate	—
78	Catches	37

Domestic T20

Joe Root and Alastair Cook compared in Domestic T20 cricket
Joe Root	Statistic	Alastair Cook
103	Matches	6
2,844	Runs	91
36.46	Batting average	15.17
132.46	Strike rate	108.33
92	Highest score	26
20	Half centuries	—
31	Wickets	—
24.19	Bowling average	—
7.81	Economy rate	—
49	Catches	2

First-class

Joe Root and Alastair Cook compared in First-class cricket
Joe Root	Statistic	Alastair Cook
29	Matches	86
2,163	Runs	5,961
50.30	Batting average	45.16
65.29	Strike rate	49.97
213	Highest score	193
6	Centuries	17
11	Half centuries	26
23	Wickets	—
36.78	Bowling average	—
3.01	Economy rate	6.50
27	Catches	110

List A

Joe Root and Alastair Cook compared in List A cricket
Joe Root	Statistic	Alastair Cook
7	Matches	28
304	Runs	1,306
50.67	Batting average	52.24
80.00	Strike rate	87.12
83	Highest score	133
—	Centuries	4
3	Half centuries	7
6.44	Economy rate	—
1	Catches	10

Career figures come from ball-by-ball match records, which cover recent decades rather than the whole history of the game. A career played mostly before that coverage is counted only in part.