England drop Roy, welcome again Woakes and Wood for T20 WC

LONDON: England dropped out-of-form opener Jason Roy and welcomed again fit-again seamers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood of their squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia starting subsequent month.
Roy has been an integral a part of England’s white-ball squad and his explosive batting on the most sensible of the order embodied the workforce’s competitive method as they received their maiden 50-overs World Cup name in 2019.
The 32-year-old has struggled for runs this summer season and hit 76 runs in general in his final six Twenty20 Internationals which made his place untenable for the World Cup and the previous seven-match Twenty20 sequence in Pakistan.

Woakes and Wood, either one of whom final performed for England all the way through the check excursion of the West Indies in March, have recovered from their respective accidents to be in each squads.
The World Cup squad contains Chris Jordan (finger) and Liam Livingstone (ankle) who will skip the Pakistan excursion to proceed their rehabilitation, the England and Wales Cricket Board mentioned in a commentary.
Captain Jos Buttler, who’s getting better from a calf damage, will excursion Pakistan however will probably be to be had to play most effective within the later levels of the sequence.
“In Buttler’s absence, Moeen Ali will captain the side,” the ECB mentioned.
Jordan Cox, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Olly Stone and Luke Wood are the 5 uncapped gamers named within the England squad for the Pakistan sequence which starts on Sept. 20 in Karachi.
Former champions England start their Twenty20 World Cup marketing campaign towards Afghanistan on Oct. 22 in Perth.
T20 World Cup squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
Reserves: Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tymal Mills
Pakistan excursion squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Olly Stone, Reece Topley, David Willey , Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, Mark Wood