England pace spearhead Jofra Archer will travel with the England Lions squad for training in the UAE in November, according to a BBC report. The Lions squad will be in the middle-eastern country to play a three-day practice match against the England national test team before they tour Pakistan.
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This is the latest step in Archer’s rehabilitation and recovery process after he was ruled out of the 2022 English summer with back stress fracture. “After being diagnosed with a stress fracture to the lower back, England and Sussex seamer Jofra Archer has been ruled out for the rest of the season,” the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) had said in a statement.
The 27-year-old pacer, who last played international cricket in March 2021 in an away series against India, had undergone an elbow surgery and then made a comeback to county cricket for Sussex before suffering a stress fracture.
In last year’s mega IPL auction, Archer was bought by the five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians though he did not take part in this year’s edition. A few months ago, Archer had also retained his central contract with the England Cricket Team.
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Archer has 86 international wickets in 13 Tests, 17 one-day internationals and 12 Twenty20s and has had two operations on an elbow issue along with the aforementioned a stress fracture of the lower back.
