Jason Roy has been left out of England’s side for the fifth and final Ashes Test which starts at The Oval on Thursday.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the Surrey batsman’s highs and lows after his failure to replicate his one-day success in the Test arena.

One hundred and eighty!

Roy celebrates his century against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston in 2016
Roy celebrates a one-day century against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston in 2016 (Nigel French/PA)

Star of the show

  • South Africa: 54 off 53 balls
  • Pakistan: 8 off 7
  • Bangladesh: 153 off 121
  • West Indies: DNB (injured)
  • India: 66 off 57
  • New Zealand (group stage): 60 off 61
  • Australia: 85 off 65
  • New Zealand (final): 17 off 20
  • Total: 7 innings, 443 runs, average 63.28, strike rate 115.36

England amassed their highest World Cup total of 386 for six, which they bettered later in the 2019 tournament, against Bangladesh in their third group match and Roy was the star of the show. He was out after plundering three successive sixes having powered his way to a 121-ball 153, the second-best score by an England batsman in the competition.

England’s game-changer

Roy played a key role for England during their triumphant World Cup campaign
Roy played a key role for England during their triumphant World Cup campaign (John Walton/PA)

Roy injury destabilises England

Roy clubs another six during England's World Cup semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston
Roy clubs another six during England’s World Cup semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston (Nigel French/PA)

Lord’s horror show

  • Edgbaston: 10 and 28
  • Lord’s: 0 and 2
  • Headingley: 9 and 8
  • Old Trafford: 22 and 31
  • Total: 8 innings, 110 runs, average 13.75

England included Roy in their batting line-up for the first Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston last month, but he made 10 in the first innings and 28 in the second. Questions were raised about his technique after he was out for a first-innings, three-ball duck in the second Test at Lord’s and it got worse for the 29-year-old as he departed for two in the second innings.

Time runs out

Roy was dropped for the fifth and final Ashes Test after following up scores of nine and eight in England’s thrilling one-wicket win in the third Test with 22 and 31 in the 185-run defeat in the fourth Test. “Jason’s had an opportunity to come in and play Test cricket, get a feel for it and it’s not quite gone how he would have liked,” said skipper Joe Root after the squad for the final Test had been announced.

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