Written By: Sruti Thakur | Updated: Jul 21, 2025, 1:17 PM
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The England cricket team has changed significantly in the last ten years. They won the ODI and T20 World Cups during this time. Their batting has been the main factor in this shift. England, which was once largely recognized as a Test-playing country, has completely changed their style of play in the past ten years due to the emergence of explosive batters
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One name among these batsmen is Jason Roy played his last international match about two and a half years ago, after which the doors of the England team have been closed for him. Let's take a look at the cricket career of Jason Roy, who is celebrating his 35th birthday today on 21 July.
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Jason Roy is an explosive opening batsman and has proven his ability at the international level. But, this player, who made his debut under the captaincy of Eoin Morgan, did not get the opportunity according to his potential.
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Jason was sometimes out due to injury and sometimes he was dropped because of some other player. There was a time when it seemed that he was a horse for the long race. However, lack of consistency in form and not getting consistent opportunities was a setback for his career. Roy was in and out of the English team at a time when English batsmen were playing a game that would change white ball cricket forever. During this period, England had many great batsmen.
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An average of around 40 and a strike rate above 100 shows that Roy was in no way inferior to a top ODI batsman. Consistent performances and opportunities could have put him in the list of England's most prolific ODI batsmen.
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Roy has scored nearly 15000 runs in his international and T20 league cricket career since 2008. Roy, who played his last international match about two and a half years ago, is the third most successful batsman for England in terms of scoring centuries in ODIs after Root and Morgan. Root has scored 18, Morgan 13 and Roy 12 centuries. At the same time, Roy is at the 10th position in terms of most ODI runs.
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Jason Roy has scored 187 runs in 5 Tests with 1 half-century, 4,271 runs in 116 ODIs with 12 centuries and 21 half-centuries and 1522 runs in 64 T20s with 8 half-centuries. Roy, who is out of the England team, is currently playing T20 leagues around the world as an opener.
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In IPL too, he has scored 614 runs in 21 matches. He is at 17th position in the list of highest run scorers in league cricket and international T20. Between 2008 and 2025, he has scored 10,348 runs in 403 matches by scoring 6 centuries and 68 half-centuries.
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