Jason Roy v Harry Brook

It's really a no-contest.

YJB, Jos and Malan can all open, so you are then simply comparing the run-making skills of both.

One, an over-the-hill biffer who is pretty useless against spin.

T'other probably the best limited overs batsman on the planet.

Hopefully Fat Bob will recant.

 

Roy has a lot of credit in the bank but Brook is a better batsman technically, more versatile and younger. And Roy declined a central contract to play in the US so he has effectively made his bed.

So, Brook for me, Clive.

Don’t think there’s really any doubt that Brook will be going. The question is now which bowlers would you pick. After Atkinson’s performance tonight that’s going to be the hard choice. Spin twins are about the only guarantees.