India vs England 2016-17: Talking points from the 3rd ODI

Roy needs to learn to convert

Roy is the only batsman to score a fifty in all three ODIs in this series

One look at the scorecards throughout the series will tell you who the most consistent batsman has been. Jason Roy finishes the series with three fifties but with no centuries to his name and a highest of just 82. While he has got good starts, England need him to kick on and convert those fifties into big centuries.

When scores of 350 are becoming commonplace, a quick-fire fifty doesn’t cut it anymore, especially from an opener, who has the best conditions to bat in and with the field restrictions in his favour as well.

The good thing for England is that Roy himself acknowledges that there is a problem. “I’m never happy with just a good start. A good start is a good start but winning games is obviously at the forefront of my mind so I've got to be a bit disappointed to be getting out at 70 and 80,” he said before the third ODI.

And as they say, accepting you have a problem is the first step towards correcting it and England will be hoping that Roy can correct that and add to his tally of three ODI centuries before the ICC Champions Trophy in June.