Jason Roy will miss the World Cup

The England Cricket Board made changes to their World Cup provisional squad ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, which will get underway on October 5 in India. England opening batsman Jason Roy will miss this year’s biggest event in the cricket world due to back spasms. 24-year-old Harry Brook was named as a replacement for Jason Roy.

England World Cup Squad: Jos Buttler (c), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Reece Topley, Mark Wood, and Gus Atkinson