Jason Roy signs a two-year deal with Surrey – Cricket News Update
English County outfit, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Surrey-c851, has secured the services of highly rated South African-born cricketer, Jason Roy, retaining him at the Oval for two more years.
The right-handed batsman made his debut for Surrey in 2008 as a 17-year-old, and kept on impressing for the Second XI side. His talent was keenly appreciated by everyone and he made his major breakthrough in the first team in 2010.
With explosive power hitting abilities, the player announced his potential by a sensational knock against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kent-c802, where he smashed 101 off just 57 balls. This helped him make his Championship debut, scoring an unbeaten 76 against Leicestershire.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843. He remained the leading run-scorer in the tournament, scoring 585 runs at an excellent
average of 45.
His notable contributions came against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Leicestershire-c807, scoring 101 and 131 respectively, helping his team’s charge to make it to the finals of the competition.
His performances in the Championship this term were somewhat mediocre as compared with the form in List A matches, as the player averaged 29, making 623 runs in the process.
After securing Roy for the next two seasons, Surrey management appreciated the role put in by the youngster in helping the club achieve success.
"I am really pleased for him. He has worked very hard and has learnt quickly in terms of developing his own game and understanding certain situations," said an official of the club management.
"Jason had a very good season in one-day cricket for the club and played some key innings for the team in the CB40 and the FLt20 and proved what a dynamic and powerful player he really is," he further stated.
With Surrey being promoted to the Division One of the LV Championship, and winning the CB 40, retaining the services of the 21-year-old predicts interesting times ahead for the London based County, which will be looking to improve on their outings, come
the start of the domestic season.
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