View
comments
Jason Roy reckons England were playing at their peak when his dream of a World Cup double turned into an injury nightmare two months ago.
Roy, 31, was aiming to add a Twenty20 winners’ medal to the 50-over equivalent his run-out throw famously sealed in 2019 when he tore his left calf batting against South Africa in Dubai in November.
The image of him being helped from the ground arguably represented the moment that English hopes in that tournament receded even though elimination was not confirmed until the semi-finals.
Jason Roy has recovered from the freak calf injury that ruined his World Cup
The batsman was heartbroken after being ruled out of the tournament in the UAE
Reflecting on that, after marking his return to action with a blistering 36-ball hundred in Wednesday’s landslide win over a Barbados XI, he said: ‘I was in excruciating pain and I immediately knew that was my World Cup over.
‘I was feeling good, and we were in a great place as a team,
