Jason Roy has scored just 78 runs in six T20 internationals this summer, averaging 12.66; he also started his Hundred for the Invincible Oval campaign with three ducks in four innings; England tour Pakistan to play seven T20 internationals ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia in October
Jason Roy leaves after being sent off in the third T20I between England and South Africa at the Ageas Bowl
Jason Roy has been left out of England’s squad for the T20 World Cup in October and for their T20 tour of Pakistan later this month following a poor run with the bat.
Roy has struggled this summer, scoring just 78 runs in six T20 internationals, averaging 12.66. He also started his Hundred for the Invincible Oval campaign with three ducks in four innings.
Phil Salt, who has played four T20Is and eight one-day internationals, scoring his first centenary against the Netherlands in June, has been named in both teams and could take Roy’s place alongside cue-ball captain Jos Buttler at the top. of the order. or there could be a promotion in order for Jonny Bairstow.
There was no international retirement for Alex Hales, who has not played for England since failing a recreational drug test in 2019.
Pace bowlers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood have recovered from their respective injuries and have been named to both squads. Both players last played for England during the West Indies test tour in March.
Two players named in England’s T20 World Cup squad, Chris Jordan (finger) and Liam Livingstone (ankle), will continue their rehabilitation and will not tour Pakistan but remain “on track to be fit for the tournament” , according to the press release. of the ECB.
Buttler, who is also recovering from a calf injury, will tour Pakistan but the captain is only expected to be available to play during the latter stages of the seven-match series. In Buttler’s absence, Moeen Ali will captain the team.
Five uncapped players have been chosen in the 19-man squad to travel to Pakistan since 2005. Kent batsman Jordan Cox is joined by Middlesex closer Tom Helm, Surrey batsman Will Jacks, Warwickshire speedster Olly Stone and Lancashire Luke Wood left arm closer.
None of the potential debutants have made England’s 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup. Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson, Lancashire fast bowler Richard Gleeson and Sussex speedy left-hander Tymal Mills are named as ‘roving reserves’ for the tournament.
England fly to Pakistan on September 14, with the first of their seven T20s played on Tuesday September 20, live on Sky Sports, while the T20 World Cup kicks off in Australia on October 16, with the first group match of England six days later. October 22 against Afghanistan, with all games broadcast live on Sky Sports.
Speaking earlier this summer, former England batsman Kevin Pietersen had urged England to keep Roy in the side, praising the first-choice player as their “best player” in cue-ball cricket despite his loss of form.
Roy, who was a key part of England’s 50+ World Cup victory in 2019, has played 107 ODIs, averaging 40.34, with 21 fiftys and 10 hundreds. In his 64 T20 caps, Roy is averaging 24.15, scoring eight half-centuries.
“Jason just turned 32,” Pietersen told Sky Sports in August. “What I’m sick and tired of in this country is journalists who write people off at such a young age.
“Jason Roy is a World Cup winner, he’s done an amazing job for Eoin Morgan. Morgan told him to go out there and hit that ball. Now hitting the ball and being a risk taker, you’re going to fail. And when to start to fail, the failure could last a long time.
“Yes Rob Key [managing director of England cricket] He’s listening to this, he’s your best player and has been your best player for a number of years.”
He added: “Support him! They’ve done it with Zak Crawley in the test matches, Ben Stokes has said adamantly that Crawley will play for the rest of the season. They need to do that with Jason Roy in the T20 squad.”
