When Rory Burns and Jason Roy walk out to bat for England against Ireland at Lord’s this week, it will be a Test opening partnership almost two decades in the making.
The two Surrey batsmen first met in the summer of 2000, aged 10, shortly after Roy had moved to London from South Africa. Both were playing for an East Surrey representative side. Born five weeks apart, they would soon share the same school – Whitgift in Croydon – and go on to strike up a close friendship that lasts to this day.
Written by Chris Stocks
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/22/rory-burns-jason-roy-england under the title “Old schoolfriends Rory Burns and Jason Roy relish a Test together | Chris Stocks”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
