England and Surrey have given Jason Roy their blessing to head to the USA and play in the inaugural Major League Cricket tournament this summer.
No longer an ECB centrally contracted player on a main deal, Roy will terminate his increment contract with the ECB and pay back pro-rata what is left on the £66,000 per year top-up on his county deal, in order to land a reported £300,000 two year deal with the LA Knight Riders.
Roy has just finished playing for the IPL’s Kolkata Knight Riders and so the tie up with their American satellite investment team is understandable for the 32-year-old.
