Roy’s cause has not been helped by Dawid Malan’s fine form that saw him post scores of 54, 96 and 127 in his past three games for England
Indeed, Malan now seems a lock to open in England’s first World Cup game against New Zealand at Ahmedabad on 5 October.
The brutal schedule in India that sees England play nine group games in nine different cities over six weeks also counts against the Surrey batter. The amount of air travel, and the associated risk of Roy’s back flaring up during flights, is not an issue England can ignore.for the one reserve-batting place in the squad and the only bright spot for Roy is the fact his rival has failed to take his chance in the New Zealand series, following up scores of 25 and two with just 10 at Lord’s yesterday.
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