NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Jofra Archer will play for England within the opening One Day Worldwide (ODI) in opposition to Australia at Trent Bridge on Thursday, making his first ODI look in 18 months.
England stand-in captain Harry Brook on Wednesday confirmed that the Barbadian-born pacer will function within the first sport of the five-match sequence,
It is going to be the primary time Archer will end up in an ODI since March 2023. Moreover, Brook mentioned there can be no restrictions on Archer’s workload.
England has rigorously managed the 29-year-old Archer after elbow and again accidents lately.
“He’s clearly a world-beater, and it’ll be good to have him alongside me and going on the market and taking them on,” Brook instructed BBC Sport.
“I haven’t confronted him a lot within the nets, so I attempt to keep away from that.
“He’s our strongest seamer, and he’s obtained a variety of expertise behind him in white-ball. I’m wanting ahead to working with him and seeing him function once more,” he added.
Damage has restricted Archer to only 21 ODI appearances, solely seven of which have come since he performed a starring function as England received the 2019 World Cup.
Since getting back from harm, he has performed solely T20 cricket.
With an Ashes sequence in Australia 14 months away, it is a important step up for him.
A six-over spell for Sussex’s second XI earlier this summer season was probably the most he has bowled in an expert match this yr, whereas he additionally performed some membership cricket in Barbados earlier than the T20 World Cup within the Caribbean.
One other Barbadian, Jacob Bethell, can also be in England’s ODI squad. Bethell performed within the previous T20 sequence, which ended 1-1.
SQUAD
England: Harry Brook (captain), Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Reece Topley, John Turner.
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