Roy misses out as Brook makes the final cut

World Cup round-up The latest news from the sides which will compete at next month’s tournament in India A HORROR run of form cost Jason Roy a place at last year’s T20 World Cup. This time round, his omission was more complicated. Having hit ODI centuries in Bangladesh and South Africa earlier this year, Roy was set to reunite with Jonny Bairstow at the top of the order for this year’s World Cup. But back spasms meant he failed to play at all against New Zealand this month and Dawid Malan stepped up by crossing fifty in all three of his innings. With Malan ma...

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