The England fast bowler Jofra Archer said: ‘I don’t know if I have another stop-start year in me,’ although the T20 World Cup in June still a target
After all his injuries and time out of cricket, Jofra Archer said in a podcast: ‘I’ve had a whole year of nothing.’After all his injuries and time out of cricket, Jofra Archer said in a podcast: ‘I’ve had a whole year of nothing.
A 50-over World Cup winner in 2019, not to mention a scorching new arrival in Test cricket during the Ashes series that followed, Archer has spent the bulk of the past two yearsBut England have kept faith in Archer’s talents, handing him a two-year central contract last autumn, and are increasingly hopeful that the clouds may be about to lift.
“It’s been a while and honestly, I don’t know if I’ve got another stop-start year in me. That’s the truth, I don’t know if I’ve got another one.” Rob Key, England men’s team director, has already said 2024 will be about managing Archer’s return in short-form cricket before thoughts turn towards a possible Test return next year. The initial target is the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean this June, something Archer says he will try not to view as make-or-break should it come too soon.
The acid test for the T20 World Cup is likely to be England’s four-match T20 series at home to Pakistan in late May, with teams due to name their preliminary squads at the start of the month but able to make changes up until a week before the tournament starts.
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