Jofra Archer ruled out of upcoming England’s summer following another injury
Before the Test match and ODI, T20 series against India, the England team has suffered a major setback. England’s star fast bowler Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the entire series due to injury again.
He was expected to return to the field before the series against India, but now the England team and Jofra Archer himself have suffered a major setback. The England team will hope for his recovery before the T20 World Cup.
Archer last played competitive cricket in the month of July last year. He was part of the T20 and Test team in England’s tour of India. After that he was out injured.
He was due to return for Sussex in the month of May, but he got injured again during the trial and was ruled out for the entire season. No time frame has been set for his return. In the coming time, after talks with the experts, a complete plan for his return will be prepared.
Jofra has had three surgeries in 14 months,
27-year-old Jofra Archer has undergone three surgeries in 14 months. Two surgeries were performed to correct his elbow and the third was to remove a piece of glass from his hand.
After this surgery, Jofra also went on the tour of West Indies with the England team and was recovering from injury. In a conversation about his injury, he had said that when you are forced to undergo surgery, then you think whether you will be able to play cricket for the second time, will you be able to play all formats.
Along with this, he thanked England Cricket. According to Archer, the England Cricket Board had assured him for a long time and helped him come back from injury.
Archer felt that ECB’s contract would end
Jofra Archer wrote “It took me a while that my contract with the ECB would expire. Things were not going well at the time, but now I have faith in what is going to happen in the future.”
In a short span of time
Jofra Archer has played less than 50 matches for England, but in his short career, he has impressed a lot. He took 20 wickets in the 2019 World Cup and was the leading wicket-taker for England.
At the same time, he was at the third place in terms of taking the most wickets in the tournament. In the final of this World Cup, he did a historic Super Over for England, winning which England became the world champion for the first time.
Amazing in 2019 Ashes too
Archer did wonders in the 2019 Ashes as well, taking 22 wickets in four Test matches. Only Pat Cummins 29 wickets and Stuart Broad 23 wickets ahead of him in this series. Both these bowlers played five Tests.
Currently, England cricket is going through a lot of changes. Ben Stoxon has been appointed as the new Test captain of England and Brendon McCullum as the new Test coach. At the same time, Matthew Mott has been made the coach of the ODI and T20 teams.