{"id":291552,"date":"2023-09-18T14:36:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=291552"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:36:15","slug":"jason-roy-is-considering-englands-offer-to-be-a-world-cup-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/%d1%81ricket\/jason-roy-is-considering-englands-offer-to-be-a-world-cup-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Roy is considering England's offer to be a World Cup reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"
A \u2018gutted\u2019 Jason Roy has been asked to put his World Cup heartache behind him and fly to England\u2019s rescue should they suffer injury at the top of their order in India.<\/p>\n
Roy is considering England\u2019s offer to be one of their World Cup reserves after a last-gasp U-turn on selection saw him replaced in the squad by Harry Brook.<\/p>\n
England hope one of England\u2019s most experienced white-ball players will not only go on stand-by for a tournament that begins against New Zealand in Ahmedabad on October 5 but also play in the last two one-day internationals of this season against Ireland.<\/p>\n
But Roy is far from certain of making himself available for the World Cup while staying fit and ready at home and could instead announce his international retirement.<\/p>\n
\u2018It was a very tough decision and as you can imagine Jason is absolutely gutted,\u2019 said national selector Luke Wright on Monday after England named their final 15-man World Cup squad on Sunday without Roy but with Brook in his place.<\/p>\n
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Jason Roy is considering England’s offer to be one of their reserves for the World Cup<\/p>\n
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Roy was left out of the final 15-man squad on Sunday, with Harry Brook (above) replacing him<\/p>\n
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National selector Luke Wright (left) has admitted Roy is ‘gutted’, but still hopes Roy will agree to be on standby for the tournament<\/p>\n
\u2018But we\u2019ve made it clear we still see him as our batting reserve at the top of the order. I know he\u2019s got some thinking to do because this has come as a hammer blow to him. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s hurt and I feel for Jason. Decisions like this are the toughest part of our job.\u2019<\/p>\n
There is no question England have handled this particular decision messily. Wright admitted that Roy was initially told, along with the other members of the \u2018provisional\u2019 squad, that he was definitely going to India.<\/p>\n
But then Roy missed all four matches in the \u2018warm-up\u2019 series against New Zealand with a number of back spasms, Dawid Malan stepped in to the opening position that had been promised to Roy, and England decided to reverse their controversial call to leave out Brook.<\/p>\n
\u2018We couldn\u2019t have envisioned Jason not playing at all against New Zealand but things happen in sport,\u2019 said Wright. \u2018There was injury to Jason while Dawid took his opportunity with both hands and it became clear he would be the one now opening the batting.<\/p>\n
\u2018Then it became a question of who should be the spare batter in India. Jason probably only covers us for an opener but Harry gives us cover from No1 to No6. He\u2019s obviously been in great form as well.\u2019<\/p>\n
Wright confirmed Jofra Archer will be England\u2019s only travelling reserve in India and should be fit for the back-end of the seven-week long tournament if needed while two or three others, including Roy, will be asked to keep themselves fit and ready at home.<\/p>\n
Joe Root, out of form against New Zealand, has asked to play in Wednesday’s first ODI against Ireland at Headingley to try to get into 50-over rhythm while Brook has now been taken out of that squad ahead of departure to India next Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Roy, 33, will play in the final two matches at Trent Bridge on Saturday and Bristol next Tuesday \u2013 if he still has the desire to prolong his career with England. At the moment it looks like a big \u2018if\u2019.<\/p>\n