Joe Root needs 42 more runs to break this all-time England ODI record

England and West Indies will play the second ODI of the series at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on June 1. In the second ODI, Root will have a chance to become England's leading run-scorer in the format.

Joe Root has 6,916 runs from 178 ODIs at an average of 48.02. He has 17 centuries and 42 half-centuries in the format. He has scored runs at a strike rate of 87.03.

The top spot belongs to England's ODI World Cup 2019-winning captain Eoin Morgan. The left-handed batter has 6,957 runs from 225 ODIs at an average of 39.75, featuring 13 centuries and 42 half-centuries.

Root also has a chance to become England's first batter to complete 7,000 ODI runs. In the previous ODI, Root scored 57 runs from 65 balls against West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham. His knock was laced with five fours. He was dismissed by pacer Jayden Seales.
 

Another record that will be in Root's sights will be most runs against West Indies in the format. The top spot in this category belongs to Graham Gooch who scored 881 runs from 31 innings at an average of 30.37, including one century and four fifties. 
 

On this list, Root is not far behind either. He has scored 861 runs from 16 innings at an average of 66.23, including four centuries and as many half-centuries against West Indies.
 

On the other hand, wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler needs 14 runs to become ninth English batter to score 500 ODI runs against West Indies. Buttler has 486 runs from 21 ODIs against West Inides at an average of 37.38, including one century.