 "England's Jason Roy raises his bat to celebrate scoring fifty runs during the Cricket World Cup semi-final match between England and Australia at Edgbaston. Photo: AP | PTI")
England will be without one of its most explosive batsmen for the upcoming Twenty20 series against Pakistan after Jason Roy was ruled out of all three matches because of a left side strain.
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The opener was hurt during practice at Old Trafford this week, and had a scan on Wednesday which revealed the injury.
Roy will remain with the England squad and look to recover in time for the white-ball series against Australia in Southampton starting Sept. 4 with the first of three T20s.
England didn't say if a replacement would be called up for Roy.
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England's first T20 against Pakistan is on Friday, followed by further games on Sunday and Tuesday.
