England World Cup winner Jason Roy has gone unsold at The Hundred Draft ahead of the 2024 season.

Roy, who had a reserve price of £100,000, was not picked up at the draft after two quiet seasons on the trot for Oval Invincibles where he averaged 13 and struck at 118 for the 2023 winners.

The 33-year-old opener’s availability was not guaranteed for the entirety of the competition; Roy had already signed a contract for the second edition of Major League Cricket which overlaps with the start of The Hundred.

Even still, it is noteworthy that a player central to England’s rise as a limited overs powerhouse finds himself without a contract for England’s premier short form competition.

Although Roy lost his place in England’s T20I side in 2022 (and in their ODI team a year later), he is still a player who receives deals in franchise leagues around the world. In the last year, Roy has played in the IPL, T20 Blast, The Hundred, SA20, ILT20 and the PSL. Roy was set to take part in the 2024 IPL but recently withdrew from the tournament due to personal reasons.

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