Jofra Archer played his last Test match in February 2021.
The ECB has included Jofra Archer in the team before the second Test against India. The English board gave this information on Thursday. The board wrote in the post- 'Jofra Archer is back.'
The 30 -year -old Archer selected for a county match in the Sussex team for a fitness test on June 22 4 days ago. Archer threw 18 overs in this match. He also took a wicket by giving 32 runs. Archer played his last Test match in February 2021 4 years ago.
Captain Stokes hinted, said- Archer is eager to wear test jerseys England captain Ben Stokes indicated Archer's return before the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. He said that-
Archer is eager to wear a test jersey again.
Currently, many of England fast bowlers are injured. These include Mark Wood, Oli Stone and Gus Atkinson. This has given Archer a chance to return.
Archer suffer from injury Jofra Archer has been suffering from constant injuries during his career. It can be estimated that he entered international cricket in 2019, but played his last Test match in February 2021.
England Test team
Ben Stokes (Captain), Czech Crowley, Ben Ducket, Harry Brook, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Jacob Bethel, Braidan Cars, Sam Cook, Jimmy Overton, Jamie Smith, Josh Tung, Chris Walks, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir.
The second test will be played in Birmingham from July 2 The second match of the Indo-England Test series will be played from July 2 at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. The host England is 1-0 in this 5-match series. The England team won the first Test match by 5 wickets.
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