Jason Roy has been dropped from England’s World Cup squad after failing to play any of the four recent one-day internationals against New Zealand because of recurring back spasms, with Harry Brook – despite averaging just 12.33 in three innings across that series – drafted in to replace him.
Brook has exploded on to the international scene over the past 18 months but has played only six ODIs – the first of them in January – while Roy has been a mainstay of England’s 50-overs team for more than eight years.
