After enduring what he admits was a "horrible" 2022 that culminated in him being dropped for England's T20 World Cup winning campaign, Jason Roy was back to his best as he smashed a sparkling ton in his first international innings of 2023.
Roy struck 113 off 91 balls as England fell to a 27-run defeat to South Africa and the 32-year-old looked every inch the player who proved so crucial to England's 2019 50-over World Cup.
On the eve of the first ODI in Bloemfontein, Kevin Pietersen was invited to chat to the squad and he spent a long time with Roy, who he was something of a mentor to when the pair were teammates at Surrey.
