100 Quotes by Joe Root

We've seen guys in the sport, like Steve Smith and Virat Kohli, who have actually benefited from the captaincy.

I do believe in God.

I love playing five days of cricket; personally, I think it's the best format.

That's the food chain that cricket is sometimes. You have to be at the top of it otherwise you get swept away and eaten up.

It's not about how many games we win with me as captain, it's about us being consistently getting better over a long period of time and looking to be that number one side in the world.

I'd love to go and visit Pakistan. It would be a great opportunity to go and play there personally. Unfortunately, it's not my decision to make, but it looks a wonderful country to go and play cricket in.

I know how important it is that test cricket is my main focus.

I just need to find the best version of myself. Find improvements to what I've already got, rather than trying to remodel my game.

The great thing about T20 is that it only takes one performance. One piece of individual brilliance can win a game and that can change the whole way you approach a tournament.