So much Mor for us to do EOIN STILL BELIEVES IN WORLD SUCCESS Roy the boy as Surrey cruise to final
JASON ROY recaptured his form as Surrey overwhelmed Worcestershire Rapids by 153 runs to reach the Royal London One-Day Cup Final for a third consecutive year.
The opener top scored with 92 as Surrey amassed 363 for seven in their 50 overs after electing to bat at New Road.
It was in sharp contrast to his struggles in recent weeks with MIKE SWANN And after the disappointing semi-final loss to Pakistan in the Champions Trophy, Morgan is determined to take out his frustration on South Africa when England’s T20 stars burst back into action against the Proteas in Southampton on Wednesday. England have rested Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and Jake Ball from the latest heart-breaking bid to win a major 50-over trophy for the three-match series. But several of the players who slumped to a semi-final defeat by Pakistan in Cardiff are still involved and Morgan said: “We are still building a nd improving as a 50- over side with the Wo r l d Cup England which saw him being axed from the Champions Trophy semi-final defeat against Pakistan at Cardiff last week.
Roy received excellent support from Mark Stoneman, Kumar Sangakkara and Ben Foakes as Surrey posted a total which always looked beyond Worcestershire, who will be GARY FITZGERALD here in two years the No.1 goal. We will be a better team by the time the tournament comes around on home soil and can make a huge bid to win it – I’m sure about that. “We are all very disappointed as we really felt we could get our hands on silverware this time. “You always feel deflated after there has been such a big build-up of expectation but then you lose. “The manner of the defeat was hard to take as we just did not perform the way we can with the bat. But the games and tournaments come thick and fast these days. “You can’ t afford to dwell on bad moments or e njoy t he good ones for too long. “We h a v e South Africa coming up in the T20s and many of the guys who played in t he Champions disappointed they failed to reproduce the form that had seen them top the North Group.
Surrey captain Gareth Batty capped a successful return to his former county with five for 40 – his best List A figures for the Brown Caps.
Moeen Ali briefly threatened to repeat the performance of England team-mate Roy.
But once he had departed for 36 Trophy are in this squad too.” England have made six changes to the squad that faced India in May.
Lancashire batsman Liam Livingstone and Hampshire leg-spinner Mason Crane are among five uncapped players in the party who should be given a chance.
Livingstone is an exciting prospect who can step up from his impressive displays for the Lions, while Crane impressed in the North-South series in March.
Meanwhile, former England all- rounder Paul Collingwood believes opener Jason Roy will bounce back from recent struggles in the T20 battles with the Proteas.
Surrey star Roy was dropped for the defeat by Pakistan and Colly said: “Every player goes through these trots – Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, everybody – and it’s just unfortunate that his came when it did.
“Jason has that X factor and it is just a matter of everything clicking again. He just needs to get an innings going well and the confidence will return.”
And the evidence was indeed there yesterday when Roy struck 92 in 81 balls in Surrey’s Royal London One Day Cup Semi-Final win against Worcestershire. only Brett D’Oliveira and Ross Whiteley offered any sort of resistance with half-centuries as the Rapids were dismissed for 210 in the 34th over.
Now Batty will be hoping his side can make it third time lucky at Lord’s against Nottinghamshire Outlaws after losing the 2015 and 2016 finals to Gloucestershire and Warwickshire respectively. BIG HITTER: Roy