News about Jofra Archer

According to ECB managing director Rob Key, Jofra Archer is hoping to prove his fitness for England's World Cup defense in the Caribbean in June. Since being sidelined by a long-running elbow injury, the archer last played international cricket over a year ago. When England faces five-match series against both India and Australia, Key cautioned that he would not return to Test cricket before 2025.

On his return to cricket, England fast bowler Jofra Archer was in stump-smashing form, causing Sussex teammates to marvel at his speed when he faced them on the club's pre-season trip to India. On the second day of a two-day game in Bangalore, Archer, who's last big match had been during the IPL in May 2023, trapped Tom Alsop lbw for 60 runs in his first spell, then returned to break Oli Carter's off stump. Following a serious elbow injury, the archer obtained a maximum number of overs agreed between the ECB and Sussex as he returns to action.

England has a packed calendar into 2024, with a blockbuster Test series in India starting in January. The series is one of the 17 Tests, eight ODIs, and at least 14 T20s England will play during the year. Following a poor World Cup defense, England will be hoping to maintain the heat under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum in Tests, as well as have a revival of white ball resurgence.

RICHARD GIBSON OF SPAIN: Matthew Mott has confirmed that the bulk of an England squad struggling to recover from a Caribbean comeback on Thursday will return here next June, with Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer as the only outsiders guaranteed a spot in the World Cup squad. The series decider against West Indies is also the last Twenty20 match before the selectors select those 15 players to defend their title, beginning with four games against Pakistan in late May that will act as a warm-up. Mott, whose team is battling to win by a 3-2 margin from two down, has confirmed that it was a given that all-rounder Stokes, who saw England beat Pakistan over the line last year, and fast bowler Archer are shoo-ins if fit.

RICHARD GIBSON IN BRIDGETOWN: England is uncertain what to do with Jofra Archer as they look to return to action for their World Cup-winning fast bowler ahead of their Twenty20 title defense next year. Archer, 28, has continued his recovery from his latest elbow injury in the last five days by bowling at a thumping pace in the nets here with his England teammates and then playing for his old school squad in the Barbados Cricket Association's second division.

Jofra Archer, a professional in Barbados, made an unscheduled return to action in a club match without asking permission from England. In the first day of a three-day club match that will continue next weekend, the archer, who was recently granted a new two-year central-contract worth about £800,000 per year, faced Lords. Despite being in Barbados and seeing Archer bowling superbly at an England net session ahead of his third one-day international against the West Indies due to his long battle with injury, England managing director Rob Key was surprised on Monday.

RICHARD GIBSON of BRIDGETOWN: The answer to England's death bowling concern has been hiding in plain sight for the past few days: Jofra Archer's half-hour net session at the Kensington Oval has reminded the team that their best finisher with the ball is still on the track. England and Ireland's return to training with their international colleagues partly due to a inability to close matches out. Sam Curran was sent downwind so many times in Antigua that he ended up with the lowest figures ever seen by an Englishman in 53 years of one-day internationals.

ANTIGUA'S RICHARD GIBSON: Jos Buttler borrowed a term from his fellow England captain Ben Stokes yesterday as he announced his determination to return his side to the top echelons of limited-overs cricket. Buttler, 33, remembered the on-field guidance given to Jofra Archer shortly before England's maiden 50-over-Crown victory over New Zealand at Lord's in 2019 and applied it to both the bad defense of the title and his chronic lack of fitness in India. I think of Ben Stokes' words to Jofra about the Super Over; you know, what happens here doesn't define you,' Buttler, who spoke out for the first time since being out of the tournament three weeks ago, said.

BY RICHARD GIBSON: The ECB faces the possibility of shelling out millions of pounds to players who are unable to participate under the terms of the new central contracts system. Mail Sport has learned that a promise to keep the full term of the new multi-year contracts, regardless of whether players are able to play during the time in question, has delayed the announcement of the 29 contracts until four matches into a tumultuous World Cup defense. It's a subject that seems particularly relevant to fast bowlers Mark Wood and Jofra Archer, both of whom have a long history of injuries.

Exclusive INTERVIEW BY RICHARD GIBSON: The bloodline of John Turner, the Johannesburg-raised rookie fast bowler, is reminiscent of the nascent limited-overs legend who believes he might have a role in the revival of their flagging limited-overs fortunes. The 22-year-old boy from sound sporting heritage: he was born and raised in a volley against the All Blacks in 1937 as South Africa moved to New Zealand from the wing. 'As my dad Andrew tells the tale, he was the first Springbok to fly to a rugby game.' He had amazing sporting genes, so I hope I got something from him,' Hampshire's Turner says of a man who played first-class cricket and was a provincial swimmer.

BOOTH OF LAKOLKATA: It was the decision that captured England's disconnection with reality, the low point of a World Cup that has become a quick case study in how to mess up. In the afternoon of October 21, Mumbai was sweltering in heat at 40 degrees rather than 30. Rob Key, the team's highly air-conditioned Taj Mahal hotel, began to sweat, despite its sumptuous air-conditioned home. Both literal and metaphorical, the perforation would be both literal and metaphorical.

KOLKATA: After England's humiliating World Cup defense, Rob Key has admitted that the money stops with him, but that head coach Matthew Mott and captain Jos Buttler should have the opportunity to make it right. India, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand defeated Pakistan in Kolkata on Saturday in their third in nine group games, leaving them on a late flight home.

BANGALORE —ENCE BOOTH: For the first time in an attempt to hold T20 franchises at bay, the board has extended three-year contracts, leaving Harry Brook, Joe Root, and Mark Wood as the only players to accept the highest bid on the table. However, although Stokes has agreed to a set annual salary, Stokes has estimated that more money will be on offer once the ECB has renegotiated their broadcast contract.

He quickly received medical assistance in the form of bandaids and, although it was hardly reminiscent of his brutal match against Jofra Archer in 2019, Pat Cummins will breathe a sigh of relief after a string of injuries to his main characters. Travis Head, one of those players, has joined his colleagues in India, giving the Australians a huge boost as they look for a semi-final position.

MUMBAI: LAWRENCE BOOTH: Last night, England's World Cup defence plumbed new depths after losing the largest one-day total in their history against a tumultuous South Africa, which then collapsed to their humiliating defeat. They were out for 170 in 22 overs when they collapsed by a jaw-dropping 229 runs, eight more than any previous humiliation. Jos Buttler begged his staff to tell the world that they had not lost their one-day mojo, he could not have imagined a show that simply announced it. This was an absolute stinker of a show, exacerbated by Reece Topley's alleged broken finger. And with a third decimal point, England is now at the bottom of the 10-team table, much less than Afghanistan.

When Ben Stokes heard his hip 'pop' in the gym, he feared it was over before it had begun, but he's going to remind everyone why England are double world champions as he returns from South Africa on Saturday. Stokes was dubbed his team's "spiritual king" by head coach Matthew Mott after the dressing-room inquiry into the humiliating loss in Delhi by Afghanistan. And though he largely agreed with Mark Wood's insistence that he is 'not the Messiah,' he intends to put into action the word he gave colleagues as England search for the victory they need.

bOOTH IN DHARAMSHALA: On the eve of his team's crucial World Cup game against Bangladesh, Jos Buttler has characterized Dharamshala's sandy outfield as "poor," and has wondered if it would influence a match England must win after losing to New Zealand's thrashing. After Saturday's match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, ICC officials rated the outfield 'average,' a decision with which Buttler and his staff vehemently disagreed. Buttler responded, 'Yeah, a few.' When asked if he had any questions about a surface that had been treated with sand after floods and a fungal infestation, he replied: 'Yes, a few.' It's bad, I suppose. If you're thinking about being cautious divers, it goes against everything you want to be as a team.

Jimmy Neesham's Twitter bio says, 'I hit a little ball with a stick.' With one huge hit of a cricket ball off England's Jofra Archer to the Mound Stand at Lord's in the 2019 World Cup final, Neesham left New Zealand needing seven runs from four balls. He remembers relishing the moment in front of a packed house, smiling and telling Martin Guptill how wonderful it was. You know that you don't want to do anything else in the world right now.'

STUART BROAD: If England manages to win their World Cup title, it will be a thrilling effort, but my overriding feeling is that if India plays their flawless tournament, they will be extremely difficult to beat. Jos Buttler has the team to face, one with the capabilities to post high numbers, but I do not believe India, as hosts and the top-ranked ODI world, will be a daunting challenge to get past. Home teams tend to prosper in 50-over-World Cups, as it was in India in 2011, and India gained; the final was in Australia in 2015, and England defeated England in 2019. So, India would have to be one of the major favourites on that basis alone.

On Wednesday night, England will fly to India for the World Cup, with the white-ball sensation, who is also missing at home and looking for a late call-up. Jason Roy will be one of a number of non-travelling reserves, according to Matthew Mott, who has expressed a longing desire to play for England once more. 'It was never in question,' the England white-ball coach said after the failure of the failed last one-day international against Ireland at Bristol.

Although injuries are normal in sports, they do occur in the most tragic of circumstances. Cherry is not the first sportsperson to have been barred from action due to a strange accident, and it will not be the last. Sport has seen it all, from power drills to jars of salad cream, and there will almost certainly be more to come. Mail Sport has obtained a look at some of the most bizarre injuries suffered by athletes in the sport.

Jos Buttler's crew is currently on leave - a shadow England team led by Zak Crawley will play a one-day series against Ireland at Trent Bridge on Saturday, but they will fly to India next week in the knowledge that retaining their double world champion status will come with a lucrative reward. The winning team's financial reward dwarfs the £85,000-a-man who won the Twenty20 World Cup crown in Australia ten months ago. The 15-man team will be paid £110,000 apiece if they reached the final in Ahmedabad on November 19. England is playing the remaining two matches of the ODI campaign against Ireland - the opener was heinfully dismissed out in Leeds on Wednesday in an attempt to introduce players to the style that may be in play for the next four years.

NEWMAN: If England's order in India needs a personal injury, Jason Roy has been asked to put his World Cup experience behind him and fly to England's rescue. After a last-gasp U-turn on pick that resulted in him being left out of the team by Harry Brook, Roy is considering England's bid to be one of their World Cup reserves. England hopes that one of the country's most versatile white-ball players will not only stand-by for a tournament against New Zealand in Ahmedabad on October 5, but also participate in the last two one-day internationals of this season against Ireland.

Since suffering a stress fracture in his right elbow, the fast bowler didn't appear at all throughout the summer. The archer skipped the entire Ashes series, but he did bowl in the nets ahead of England's One Day International against New Zealand at the Oval last week. On Sunday, the 28-year-old was inactive from the 15-man squad for the World Cup in India, but England selector Luke Wright has confirmed he will travel with the team.