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(Reuters) - England opener Jason Roy has been ruled out of Tuesday's World Cup match against Australia at Lord's after failing to recover from an hamstring injury in time.
Roy, who smashed 153 against Bangladesh earlier in the tournament, was injured in the win over West Indies 10 days ago and has missed games against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
A second scan on Monday morning showed Roy's injury was much improved, boosting hopes he will be fit to play in the match against India at Edgbaston on Sunday.
"It's all positive news, he won't be fit tomorrow but we will monitor his progress this week. We will see how it goes," England captain Eoin Morgan told a news conference on Monday.
"Of course he's a big loss, it's Jason Roy. He's an outstanding performer who epitomises the way we play as a group."
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Morgan does not believe Tuesday's match is a "must-win" and has backed the players to deliver under pressure.
"We don't need to win every game to get to the semi-finals," he added.
"It's another game where we try and produce a performance that's worthy of an innings at Lord's against Australia.
"They have performed under pressure of being favourites for the last two years in (every) series that we've gone in, both away from home and at home, and have no question mark about producing under pressure."
(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; Editing by Keith Weir)
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