Jason Roy
Jason Roy was dismissed for 27 (26) in the final T20I vs India and England were 61/2 (7.1). They scored at 12 an over from that point onwards but it was another slow score by Roy in T20I’s.
In 2022 playing for England Roy’s scores in the powerplay have been:
23* (21)
0 (1)
4* (15)
8 (4)
34* (26)
19 (16)
11* (14)
6 (6)
105 runs scored at 100.96 during the easiest time to bat certainly doesn’t look very good. And with Salt and Bairstow as other opening options there have already been calls to drop Jason Roy.
But this is not the first time time he has had poor form, after an average 2020 SA series which saw him make just 30 runs at a SR of 85.71 there were similar calls. But this would follow with 2021 where he scored at 147 while averaging over 30. In the Powerplay itself he was very good averaging nearly 60 while keeping up a quick scoring rate.
The issue is Jason Roy is a high variance player, he had five consecutive single Innings scores from 2017 to 2018. But that was followed by 5 40+ scores in just 8 Innings where his lowest score was 15.
History has shown us that it’s nearly impossible to judge a player on T20I form alone. You generally need 30+ Innings to make sure form isn’t being influenced by luck and that usually takes over three years. Luckily for us modern batters play a lot of domestic T20.
Roy has played in the PSL and the Blast where combined he has 15 Innings with 584 runs at 38.9 with a SR of 164. This is much more like the Roy we know. Overall since 2021 he has 1942 runs at 31.83/142.16. Over 65 Innings this is a sample size that can be trusted and shows us he is still in good form.
England have 13 more T20I’s scheduled before the World Cup and there is also the Hundred. Plenty more time for Roy to score runs and the squad will likely have Salt and Bairstow who can replace him if he doesn’t.
So in conclusion I would say Roy’s place certainly isn’t at threat at the moment with just 8 Innings to go by.