Jason Roy has been left out of England’s finalised 2023 Cricket World Cup squad, with Harry Brook picked in his place.
The 2019 World Cup winner did not play in any of England’s four ODIs against New Zealand due to a series of back spasms, filling the role of first opener in the absence of Dawid Malan. insisted. Brook was not included in the reserve 15 players in August, but he was added to the squad after playing a number of eye-catching innings in the interim.
Roy’s form has been a concern for England for some time, but centuries in South Africa and Bangladesh earlier this year have allayed some of those concerns. His status as one of England’s most important players has already been called into question after the explosive opener was left out of his 2022 T20 World Cup squad, a decision that was confirmed by England’s victory. Justified.
Roy struggled to find form in the 100m and fitness issues prevented him from maintaining his place against New Zealand. Malan, who started in Malan’s absence, scored two half-centuries and his first century as England won 3-1, becoming England’s first XI in a World Cup. It was announced that he will be participating in the opening match along with Jonny Bairstow.
This left the decision regarding the identity of England’s reserve batsman between Brook and Roy. While Roy is the great Englishman in the format, averaging just under 40 in ODIs and a strike rate of over 100, Brook is regarded as one of the most exciting young batsmen in cricket. Brook scored just 37 runs in three ODI innings against New Zealand, but previously showed his mettle with a series of fireworks knocks at The Hundred and England’s T20I series draw with the Black Caps. It was showing.
Brook’s flexibility also worked in his favor. Despite being primarily a mid-order option, Roy played the opener in his two ODIs, the first against New Zealand, but Roy has only played the opener for England in his ODI cricket so far. I haven’t been.
“We have selected a team that we are confident can go to India and win the World Cup,” said representative Luke Wright. “We are blessed with an incredibly strong group of white-ball players, which was highlighted by our performance in the series win against a very good New Zealand team. We have had to make a difficult decision regarding Jason Roy’s absence and Harry Brook has joined the team.”
Apart from that, there are no changes to England’s squad. There is no particular place for Jofra Archer, but the right-hander made a short return to England training this month. England have yet to announce who their three substitutes will be, so he could still be included in the traveling squad.
England squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup: Jos Buttler (c), Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, David Willey, Sam Curran.
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