Jason Roy’s World Cup hopes may be decided by using a test on Saturday as England’s win against West Indies changed into marred by way of accidents to him and captain Eoin Morgan. Both are fundamental doubts for Tuesday’s game against Afghanistan at Old Trafford and might be suffering for the match with Sri Lanka at Headingley on Thursday after Roy suffered hamstring harm and Morgan a returned spasm at the same time as fielding towards West Indies.
Morgan was genuinely in pain and introduced his put-up-match press conference status up. England also later organized for a car to take him back to his residence in London to pressure himself domestically. Roy will have a test on his left hamstring on Saturday morning, and the kingdom of his fitness will no longer be clean for a minimum of forty-eight hours. He may be similarly assessed on Saturday. Roy’s harm is extra concerning for England. He has been plagued with returned and hamstring issues since the excursion to the Caribbean in March. He became out for seven weeks after suffering his initial damage in the West Indies, missing the entire of Surrey’s pre-season. He then irritated the harm gambling for Surrey in opposition to Essex, missing an in addition weeks of the season. He left the field in simplest the eighth over of the game towards West Indies. However, England’s one-sided win at the least intended neither Morgan nor Roy had been called directly to bat.
If Roy is out for greater than multiple weeks, England will choose his vicinity in the squad. Injured gamers may be changed, but they could most effectively go back to the squad as a damage replacement for someone else. James Vince is a direct change as an opener for Roy towards Afghanistan, and England ought to consider Moeen Ali in the area of Morgan with Jos Buttler taking up the captaincy. England is constantly tracking the health of Chris Woakes (knee) and Mark Wood (left ankle), and the squad is starting to look stretched. “It is sore, I have had back spasms before, and we assume that it is what it is this time,” said Morgan. “Normally, it takes some days to settle down. Will recognize extra in subsequent 24 hours. Like each person, we’ll see how it pulls up, especially about Jason and me, maybe one or two of the bowlers. We’ll do a danger assessment, see how risky it is going into that game (in opposition to Afghanistan), bearing in mind we’ve two video games in pretty a brief space (of time).”
Losing Roy for any sizable duration of time would be a big blow for England, given his shape and the success of his partnership with Jonny Bairstow. “He has a tight hamstring and could go for a scan the next day. It takes approximately 48 hours before we get the consequences,” said Morgan. “When any two gamers move down its miles, a bit of a worry; however, we aren’t at panic stations, but.” England is fortunate their next fits are in opposition to Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. Both are capable of shock results but are the weaker groups within the match, so England should be able to cope without Morgan and Roy, but on June 24, they play Australia at Lord’s and will want to be at full strength for that recreation.
