Jason Roy, the England opener, has spoken up about his challenges and doubts about his own performance ahead of matches. In the Three Lions’ opening game at the present T20 World Cup. The explosive batter did not have the finest of performances against the West Indies. He made up for it, however, with magnificent innings in England’s victory over Bangladesh.
Roy’s ability to bowl left-arm spinners on slow surfaces has been questioned. But he seemed at ease while facing Shakib Al Hasan during the chase. With the new ball, he revealed that he has been training hard to counter the threat posed by such spinners.
“I enjoyed that innings a lot. It’s an area of my game I’ve been working extremely hard on slow pitches. Against left-arm spinners and the angle as such. It was a big game for me to put all the hard work I’ve been doing in the nets into play. Credit to the bowlers we were chasing a total well below par but we still had to knock it off.” Roy was quoted as saying
Liam Dawson
Liam Dawson, England’s left-arm spinner, has been training with Roy in the nets and has helped him improve his approach.
“I think like a batter, as a cricketer, you always have some darker thoughts going into your mind before the game, ‘What if, this can happen, this can happen.’ But you’ve got to remind yourself that your training has been good, I’ve worked a hell of a lot against Liam Dawson in the nets. He’s bowling so much to me and I’ve got to keep reminding myself to do what I do in training and things will be alright.” He added
Jason Roy, on the other hand, scored 61 runs off 38 deliveries against Bangladesh to mark his 50th T20 International. As a result, he hit five fours and three sixes in his innings at the Sheik Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
“I don’t think they are an easy team to beat, they’ve got some matchwinners out there, some extremely good players. We came out and kept it very simple and stuck to what we do, we don’t look too much into what a lot of other teams do, we make sure everything in our camp is right and we are doing our roles right.” Roy added
With two big wins under their belts, England is sitting well at the top of their group. They beat Bangladesh by eight wickets with six overs to spare in their most recent match.