Jason Roy out of England T20 World Cup squad but Wood and Woakes in

After a miserable summer for club and country Jason Roy has been cast into the international wilderness, left out of England’s squads for the seven Twenty20 internationals in Pakistan this month, and for the T20 World Cup which starts in Australia in October.

In six T20 innings for England this summer Roy averaged just 12.66 at a pedestrian strike rate of 77.55 – his career average is 24.15, at a strike rate of 137.61 – before matters got even worse in the Hundred, where in six innings for the Oval Invincibles he averaged just 8.5, with three ducks. With several younger batters in compelling form, and Dawid Malan excelling at the top of the order for Trent Rockets, Roy’s claims on a place have become fatally undermined.

But Chris Woakes and Mark Wood, who because of injuries have not played a T20 game of any kind since last year’s World Cup semi-final defeat to New Zealand – neither has made a first-team appearance in any format since March – are included in both squads having been deemed to have recovered from knee and elbow complaints respectively. Both underwent surgery in July in an attempt to accelerate their rehabilitation in time for the trip to Australia.

Only three players make the 15-man World Cup squad who were not also involved in last year’s tournament in the United Arab Emirates, with Phil Salt, Harry Brook and the Test captain Ben Stokes replacing Roy, Eoin Morgan, who captained that side but has since retired from international cricket, and Sam Billings. Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson and Tymal Mills have been named as travelling reserves.

England men’s T20 World Cup squad

Jos Buttler (Lancashire, capt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire), Sam Curran (Surrey),