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Joe Root is 97 runs short of 8,000 ODI runs
Joe Root is 97 runs short of 8,000 ODI runs, a mark no English player has reached.
The England batter has made 7,903 runs in 195 one-day international matches, including 20 centuries.
England begin their tri-nation series campaign against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan come into the match after beating Sri Lanka by 37 runs in their opening game, while England recently won ODI series against Sri Lanka and India.
Root has scored 573 runs in nine ODI innings this year, and his strong form has continued since the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
If Root scores 97 runs, he will make English cricket history; the series is now under way.
Joe Root is 97 runs short of becoming the first English player to score 8,000 runs in ODIs.
Root has 7,903 ODI runs from 195 matches and 184 innings, at an average of 50.66.
England begin their tri-nation series campaign against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan enter the series after beating Sri Lanka by 37 runs in their opening match.
Root has scored 573 runs in nine ODI innings this year, including one century and five half-centuries.
- Who
- Joe Root, England’s leading ODI run-scorer.
- What
- He is 97 runs short of reaching 8,000 ODI runs, which would make him the first English player to reach the mark.
- When
- As England begin their tri-nation series campaign; the articles were published on October 19 and 20, 2026.
- Where
- Rawalpindi, where England are due to face Pakistan.
- Why
- Root’s existing total is 7,903 ODI runs, leaving him 97 short of the milestone.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Root has scored 1,381 runs across 24 matches and innings, with four centuries and nine half-centuries.
Root scored 808 ODI runs in 15 matches and innings, including three centuries and four half-centuries.
Root scored 573 ODI runs in nine innings, including one century and five half-centuries.
Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 37 runs in their opening match.
England were set to begin their tri-nation series campaign against Pakistan in Rawalpindi, with Root 97 runs short of 8,000 ODI runs.
- Root’s ODI total
- 7,903 runs
- Runs short of milestone
- 97
- Matches and innings
- 195 matches; 184 innings
- Career average
- 50.66
- Centuries and half-centuries
- 20 centuries; 48 half-centuries
- Current series venue
- Rawalpindi