Billy Root (cricketer)
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
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| Full name | William Thomas Root | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 August 1992 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Joe Root (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Nottinghamshire (squad no. 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Leeds/Bradford MCCU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Glamorgan (squad no. 7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 2 April 2015 Leeds/Bradford MCCU v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 27 April 2017 Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Thomas Root (born 5 August 1992) is an English cricketer who plays for Glamorgan. Primarily a left-handed batsman, he also bowls right-arm off break. He is the brother of former England Test Captain Joe Root.
Root is the youngest son of Helen and Matt Root and grew up in Dore, Sheffield.[1] He is the younger brother of Yorkshire and former England Test captain Joe Root. He attended King Ecgbert School in Sheffield and Worksop College as a weekly boarder.
Root and his brother played under-11s cricket for Rotherham Town CC and then, like their father, joined Sheffield Collegiate CC in Abbeydale Park, Sheffield. Former Yorkshire batsman and England captain Michael Vaughan also learnt his trade at Collegiate and was a source of inspiration for both Root brothers. Both brothers support Sheffield United F.C.[2]