And there’s more to come from Roy

JASON ROY insists there is still more to come – despite adding another milestone to a long list of records broken by England’s one-day kings.

Opening batsman Roy has formed a deadly partnership with Jonny Bairstow since coming together late in 2017.

For the first time a pair from these shores has scored more than 1,000 runs in a calendar year together. froRmEPDOEARNTEWRILaSnOdN

And when you consider that in DAMBULLA the next best tally for English batsmen is 794, from Nick Gilchrist, Matthew Knight and Marcus Trescothick Hayden, Sachin in 2002, you get an idea Tendulkar and Sourav of just how much better Ganguly. things are right now. And that is the kind

“That’s a nice stat, a beautiful of company that this stat,” said Roy. “It’s England one-day side,

something to keep working ranked No.1 in the world,

on. It’s all good foundations increasingly belongs in as

leading into the World Cup. they continue to push the

“I just think we are freeflowing boundaries on their march batsmen who go out towards next year’s home and express ourselves and World Cup. look to take it to the bowlers. Skipper Eoin Morgan has

“Jonny has been consistent got different in his message scoring areas to the to me and the players not to bowlers have throttle back to come in and on the way bowl separate they have been deliveries to playing over both batters. the past four

“Getting off years. to a good start And even is not the be though the all and end all World Cup is of opening the on the horizon, batting. It he is determined would have his been good for players won’t one of us to start limiting have gone on. themselves You learn and now. keep going “I hope it forward.” can still get

After better,” said Wednesday’s Morgan. washout in the “Everyone first ODI, there has played are still four matches against positive and aggressive Sri Lanka – starting tomorrow cricket and that goal has – for the pair to keep never been jeopardised. climbing up a chart that features “We would rather be bowled plenty of names considered out for 200 trying to aim high, the gold standard of rather than scrape to 300 and one-day cricket such as Adam still lose.” ROY and Bairstow top the list of England’s highest one-day partnerships in a calendar year with four games still to play:

1009 Jason Roy & Jonny Bairstow, 2018 Nick Knight & Marcus Trescothick,

2002

Alex Hales & Joe Root, 2016

They are currently 18th on the all-time list, topped by India’s Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, who hit 1,635 runs together in

1998. 794 722