Jofra Archer, an English fast bowler, is expected to return before the 2024 T20 World Cup. The speedster has been dealing with an elbow issue that has come back every since 2022, therefore he is currently undergoing therapy. After missing 21 months, the 28-year-old Jofra Archer returned to the international scene in 2023, but his injury kept him out of action once more.
Because of this, the England team management is closely watching him and keeping an eye on the T20 World Cup. In an effort to control his workload, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) even requested that the fast bowler skip the 2024 Indian Premier League.
Key, England’s director of cricket, disclosed the management’s strategy for Jofra Archer, emphasizing the need to gradually prepare him for the T20 World Cup.
Our strategy is to gradually build him up for the T20 World Cup. Although we told him not to this time, Jofra Archer still wanted to play in the IPL. Hopefully, he can extend his career by the years he has missed. Rob Key remarked of him on the BBC’s “Tailenders Podcast,” “He is such a talent.”
As a reserve, Jofra Archer traveled to India with the England team for the ODI World Cup 2023. But while exercising in Mumbai, he developed elbow trouble once more, and he left for home a week later.
In December 2023, the 28-year-old went to the Caribbean with the England team and trained with the white-ball squad. He demonstrated his dedication to playing cricket by playing for his old school team in Barbados towards the end of the previous year, even though he did not have official permission from the England camp.
It seemed as though he had never left when I saw him bowling in the Caribbean: Rob Key
“It seemed as though he had never left when I saw him bowl in the Caribbean. Key continued, “I don’t want to go back to this situation where he plays and then collapses again.
Archer has appeared in 13 Test matches and 21 One-Day Internationals in his brief career, taking 42 wickets in each competition. In 15 Twenty20 Internationals, he has already claimed 18 wickets at an average of 24.66. In the Super Over of the renowned ODI World Cup 2019 final, Archer is renowned for his ability to protect 15 runs.
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