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[Thesmiff]

How is Roy in the championship? Potential test opener now he's gaining experience at one day level

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over 800 runs at nearly 48 last season, not a bad return but Hales got nearly 900 runs at almost 50 in div 1.

[gazr5]

Evenly matched in terms of average but gales facing higher quality.

We should be looking at these two for future test openers

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[rickjames]

Roy's never opened at county though, would much rather he had a crack at that first. Do love his ability though, great lad.

Also not sure if that video above is exactly a fair one, he was quite clearly aiming anything at the pavilion after some words were muttered following a catch he'd made at slip...

[smilley792]

Roy's never opened at county though, would much rather he had a crack at that first. Do love his ability though, great lad.

Also not sure if that video above is exactly a fair one, he was quite clearly aiming anything at the pavilion after some words were muttered following a catch he'd made at slip...

Your post is contradictory, he's opening in that clip at county.

[ppccopener]

We should stick with Jason Roy thru thick and thin, he's got something about him and seems to genuinely play fearless cricket rather than just talk about it.

The one day set up seems as good a way as any to get new players in....at some point the selectors have got to stick with players and back them

[rickjames]

Your post is contradictory, he's opening in that clip at county.

One innings on the final day of the season where they'd already sewn up Division 2. Hardly a lot...

[smilley792]

One innings on the final day of the season where they'd already sewn up Division 2. Hardly a lot...

It's more than "never" though isn't it.

[rickjames]

Yes and in whatever they had to chase down in x amount of time was probably the right call, but whatever.

Nothing against him at all, would love him to open at test level eventually; current test side bums me out when there's no Surrey lads involved.

[mdg20]

Yes and in whatever they had to chase down in x amount of time was probably the right call, but whatever.

Nothing against him at all, would love him to open at test level eventually; current test side bums me out when there's no Surrey lads involved.

Give it a few years and there's no reason why the Currans, Ansari, Roy and Burns won't all be in the test side

[19reading87]

I can imagine it's the exact same bat but just with different stickers on. Money talks...

[Buzz]

A little more back on topic - but I have just seen a tweet from Specialist sports - it seems that the Curran's are the new adidas poster boys...

[rickjames]

A little more back on topic - but I have just seen a tweet from Specialist sports - it seems that the Curran's are the new adidas poster boys...

From a marketing perspective that makes perfect sense after the seasons they've had.

[Bats_Entertainment]

over 800 runs at nearly 48 last season, not a bad return but Hales got nearly 900 runs at almost 50 in div 1.

Roy batted mostly at no.6 for Surrey.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Alastair Brown's father works(ed) for Slazenger. That may have something to do with it.

I'm showing my age, but it goes back before Ali Brown. And, I might be wrong, but wasn't Ali Brown with Stuart Surridge for at least some of his career?

[Bats_Entertainment]

Yes. But I do think that Ali Brown's family have Surrey connections.

He also got his ODI hundred with an SS.

So, most likely spurious, but a factoid at least.

Didn't Eric Loxton make some SS bats later on? Seem to remember something about it in Steve James' book?