Jason Roy maybe Selected for 2019 WC
Jason Roy is a great prospect for England with the view of the 2019 World Cup.
Aggressive opening batsmen in ODI Cricket were a rarity for England in the last 5 years and that’s why, they couldn’t create a sense of fear among the international bowlers.
However, now, the Three Lions have two such batsmen, Roy and Hales, who don’t play the waiting game and instead, like to tear into the bowlers.
In his innings against Sri Lanka yesterday in London where he plays his domestic Cricket as well, Roy was fearless to say the least.
Caring very little about the length of the faster men, he was forcing himself on the front foot on each ball which was almost disrespectful and embarrassing to Sri Lanka. And, his dismissiveness of the visitors’ strongest department, that is spin, was exhilarating too. He did not have any kind of regard for the ability of their spinners.
Playing it off the pitch is the general way of playing spin in England, but, for Roy, it’s about reducing the distance between him and the bowler to change the length of the ball to his liking and to take the turn out of the scene, much like an Asian.
Also, the elbows of Roy remain so upright. There is probably no player in the world who keeps his elbows more upright than that.
England does not have this tradition of selecting players in test Cricket on how they are playing in One Day Cricket which is fine. Otherwise though, Roy would certainly warrant a test spot for the sweetness he is caressing the ball with currently.
Roy’s conversion rate of fifties into hundreds in One Day Cricket is 50% as he has three fifties and three hundreds right now. His average is in the forties too.