• Opener believes
England well set for next year’s T20 World Cup• Joe Root among those not included in T20 squad in South Africa
Jason Roy was looking and sounding fresh. He has had a break from the bubble since he did not play in the Indian
Premier League. He may be short of game time but he declares that he is “mentally refreshed” after a tricky summer. That may be more important.
He is expected to resume as England’s opening batsman on Friday in the opener of a three-match Twenty20 series in Cape Town and he will have to be at his sharpest when facing the express bowlers of
South Africa – Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje. “I’ll need to switch on – or leave with a few broken bones‚” he says before adopting his more usual confident outlook: “Extra pace is always fun to play against.”