Surrey batsman Jason Roy will spend the winter in Australia developing his game at the Darren Lehmann Cricket Academy.

The 18-year-old told BBC London 94.9: "I can't wait, it's a big experience for me but it is really going to be hard work.

"I want to come back a changed guy and work really hard out there on my technique and on myself personally."

Roy was awarded the Easter Group Scholarship in Adelaide during Surrey's recent end-of-season dinner.

The youngster, who leaves on Thursday, added: "Five times a week, during the week there's training, one or two hours a day and Saturday I'll play for a club."

The teenager has said breaking into the team happened much quicker than he imagined it would.

"I got thrown in the deep end if anything. It was a great experience being out there with the guys and getting to know a capacity crowd.

"It was phenomenal, I couldn't have asked for anything better half-way through my season."

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