England cricketer Joe Root bags top three England cricket awards and awarded ODI Cricketer of the Year

Eminent England Cricket Batsman Joe Root has been honored with England’s Test and One Day International Cricketer of the year

• Awarded during England Cricket Board Annual Awards

Achievements by Joe Root:

• Smashed pair of hundreds during a 3-2 home Ashes Cricket against Australia
• Hit Four ODI Hundreds
• Helped the team to score 249 runs during the ICC world T20
• Joe Root succeed over Stuart Braod and Ben Stoken in Test Cricket Category while Jos Buttler and David Willey in ODI
• He climbed to No.1 in the Test Ranking during 2015 and continuous average 54.93 with nine Hundreds in 39 Tests

He played only 68 ODIs with eight hundreds and follows Marcus Trescothick (12) and Kevin Pietersen (9)

Other Awardees:

• Somerset’s Anya Shrubsole – England women’s cricketer of the year award for the maiden time
• Charlotte Edwards, who recently announced her retirement from international cricket after 20 years, won the women’s player of the year

England Cricket Board Statement

• Chief Executive Officer: Tom Harrison
• He expressed that it was remarkable year of the International Teams. Each of the players honored with awards for their valuable contribution towards England Cricket and helped to win matches and inspired a wider audience and deserved the highest praise