2019 is a big year for Jason Roy. In fact, it might already have been the best year of his life. At 28, Roy is entering the prime of his career in a season where England’s white-ball team – of which he is an integral part – are hosts and favourites for the Cricket World Cup. Following that is a Test series against Australia, and Roy’s name continues to be mentioned in conversations about a dream Ashes call-up, most recently by a hero of the 2005 team, Steve Harmison. “During the 2005 Ashes, my old mate KP [Kevin Pietersen] got selected off the back of a fantastic one-day series against South Africa,” Harmison said. We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view. From 15p €0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras. Subscribe now “Then he came and hit Australia hard in the one-day series and got picked for the Ashes. Roy played well in the Caribbean, and if he goes and murders Pakistan [in the one-day series next month] and hammers the World Cup, all of a sudden, he’s right in contention to open the batting for England in the Ashes.” It isn’t the…