England sauntered into their first Cricket World Cup final in 27 years – a scenario Eoin Morgan “would have laughed at” if it were presented to him following their group-stage exit four years ago.
A remarkably comfortable eight-wicket victory over Australia at Edgbaston ushered England into the Lord’s showpiece against New Zealand on Sunday.
It is a far cry from their watershed 2015 tournament in Australia and New Zealand, when a pitiful group-stage exit sparked a transformation, led by Morgan, in how England approach one-day internationals.
Roy furiously remonstrated with Dharmasena and his colleague Marais Erasmus before slowly trudging off, even continuing his protestations with the two officials as he exited.
Morgan said he did not see the incident, saying: “I was on the toilet!”
Roy escaped serious censure for the incident, fined 30 per cent of his match fee after admitting to breaching level one of the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct.
Two demerit points were also added to Roy’s record because of his show of dissent but he will be available to face the Black Caps, the ICC confirmed on Thursday evening.
