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Jofra Archer practicing pre-matching at Lord’s.
Jofra Archer has returned to the England team for the third Test against India. Archer is going to play Test matches after 4 years and 4 months and 15 days. He was included in playing-11 for the third Test against India by England.
Archer played the last match against India in 2021 Ahmedabad. Archer has been included in the team instead of Josh Tong. Tung had taken the highest number of 11 wickets in this series so far. Lord’s Test is to be played from tomorrow.
ECB said in a statement on Wednesday-
Sussex’s fast bowler Joffra Archer will replace Josh Tong of Nottinghamshire. This will be Jofra’s first Test match after February-2021. He is going to play the 14th Test match in his career.
30 -year -old Jofra Archer has been disturbed by elbow and back injury for a long time. England Cricket informed about Archer’s return through X post.
England captain Ben Stokes said on Jofra’s return-
Archer’s return was waiting for a long time. The way he has returned from his injury is commendable. It is very happy to see him in the team. This is also a moment of pride for them.
He said-
The return of Archer has brought freshness in the bowling attack, especially when the bowlers are quite tired after two tough Test matches.
Birmingham withdrew due to family emergency Archer had expectations to play in the Birmingham Test, but the fast bowler withdrew the name from the second Test of the series due to the family emergency. He was associated with the team’s training session a day later.
Jofra Archer practicing before the Lord’s Test.
Archer was not part of the England team for the 5 -match series. He was included in England’s squad last week. Before that he had to prove his fitness by playing a county match. Archer bowled 18 overs in that match. He also took one wicket for 32 runs.
Archar has been troubled by injury Jofra Archer has been troubled by constant injury in his career. This can be gauged from the fact that he made his international debut in 2019, but played the last Test match in February 2021.
England’s playing-11 for Lord’s Test
Ben Stokes (Captain), Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Jofra Archer and Shoaib Bashir.
Third Test will be played at Lord’s from 10 July The third match of the Indo-England Test series will be played from July 10 at Lord’s ground in London. Currently, the 5-match series is at 1–1. India returned by winning the Birmingham Test by 336 runs. Earlier, England defeated India by 5 wickets in the Leeds Test.
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