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England star fast bowler Jofra Archer (AP)
Joffrey Archer is suffering from an elbow injury and back stress fracture and has not played for England since March 2021 and has not featured in any competitive match since July 2021.
England fast bowler Jofra Archer is “ticking all the boxes” after returning from debilitating elbow and back injuries but is still “not fully firing on all cylinders”, according to his white-ball Australian head coach Matthew Mott has said.
The 27-year-old Archer has not been paid for England since March 2021 and has not featured in a competitive match since July 2021 as he struggles with an elbow injury and a back stress fracture.
He was scheduled to return to the field in 2021 after undergoing multiple elbow surgeries last year, but his return was delayed due to a back stress fracture suffered a few days before his return.
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Reports from this season suggest that the tea-cup bowler, bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs eight crore, will play the entire IPL 2023 season.
Mott, however, said that the bowler’s workload is being carefully managed. He played two of the three ODIs in South Africa, and during the recent three-match 50-over series against Bangladesh, Mott reiterated the same rule for his pacer.
The coach said that he was acting on medical advice to not give Archer back-to-back games.
“No really none. The medical advice certainly wasn’t a back-to-back game.
“He (Archer) will admit that he is not fully firing on all cylinders. You can just see that he is ticking all the boxes to be back at his best,” said Mott, who played against Australia last year. took charge of England’s white-ball team after guiding the US women to 50-over World Cup glory, was quoted as saying by Sky Sports.
Archer, who played a key role in England’s ODI World Cup win in 2019 with 20 wickets in 11 matches, has taken 12 wickets in four ODIs – against SA and Bangladesh – since making his international comeback in January this year. Are. ,
He had amazing figures of 6/40 in the third ODI against South Africa during the one-match series in January–February. The fast bowler had earlier made an impressive return to competitive cricket, taking 3/27 for MI Cape Town in the SA20 League.
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Archer’s workload at home until the start of the Ashes will be mostly T20 matches – first a three-match series against Bangladesh and then the IPL – and Mott is certain the bowler will be firing on all cylinders during the Ashes and 50-ies. During the World Cup in India later this year.
“He is a box office player. He has fitted well back into the group and for a fast bowler to be out for so long and come back and play as he has done, it is an incredible effort.
“He seems to be going really slowly, strategically just making sure he’s getting it right and sticking around and the Ashes have come, the World Cup has come, I’m sure you can see him at his best.” I’ll look back.”
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