Cricket player · Batter · England
Billy Root
Billy Root appears in 3 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (19 Jun 2026 to 24 Sept 2026). 87 runs in 5 innings. 86 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.
Player profile
- Country
- England
- Role
- Batter
- Batting
- Left-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm off-break
- Born
- 5 Aug 1992 Age 34
- Recorded matches
- 867 internationals
Billy Root is a batter from England with 86 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 7 internationals (7 ODIs).
Batting: 2,506 runs across all recorded formats, with 4 hundreds and 11 fifties; the most runs came in List A cricket (892) and the highest recorded score is 118.
Bowling: 3 wickets in recorded matches, 3 of them in ODI cricket.
Career figures by format
Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.
| Format | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 7 | 7 | 386 | 113 | 64.33 | 95.3 | 1/2 | 3 | 38.33 | 5.75 | 0 |
| T20 (league and domestic) | 24 | 24 | 357 | 41 | 17.00 | 109.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | – |
| First-class | 22 | 38 | 871 | 118 | 24.89 | 44.3 | 2/3 | 0 | – | 4.92 | 0 |
| List A | 33 | 31 | 892 | 113 | 35.68 | 87.3 | 1/6 | – | – | – | – |
Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.
Billy Root at a glance
FairPlay holds 3 complete scorecards featuring Billy Root, most recently for Glamorgan (first-class).
In those matches Billy Root batted 5 times for 87 runs at a strike rate of 47.03. The highest score was 59 off 88 balls against Essex.
How the 5 dismissals happened: caught 4, run out 1.
These matches were played at 2 different grounds.
Figures in FairPlay's scorecards
| 5 | 0 | 87 | 59 | 17.40 | 47.03 | 1/0 |
| Did not bowl in these matches. |
Match by match
Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.
| Date | Match | Batting | Bowling |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sept 2026 | Glamorgan v EssexBat 59 (88) · Bowl – | ||
| 15 Sept 2026 | Surrey v GlamorganBat 11 (50) & 11 (16) · Bowl – | ||
| 19 Jun 2026 | Glamorgan v SurreyBat 6 (27) & 0 (4) · Bowl – |
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