Jofra Archer is a travelling reserve for England. Former Three Lions skipper Eoin Morgan believes that it will be foolish to draft in Archer into a World Cup game. The Pacer continues his recovery from his elbow injury and is slated to arrive India next week.
Jofra Archer will join the England team in Mumbai. Previously he bowled against New Zealand in the ODI series and is continuing his rehab in England. But it will be foolish to place him in the Playing XI and throw him in a World Cup match.
“Right here and now, I don’t know – because he’s not played, and we don’t know what he’s capable of. Obviously, the feedback about when he’s trained with the team has been that he’s back bowling beautifully, but you would like to see that in a game,” said Eoin Morgan
“You would like to see that in a continuous performance. You would have to manage that extremely well because, given the injury issue that he’s had in recent times, I think it would be naive of anybody to think [you should] just chuck him in whenever you can because we’re either desperate or feel that you are an option,” Morgan added.
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Jos Buttler too echoed Eoin Morgan’s words. He added, “He’s coming out soon. The plan is obviously to finish off the rehab stages of coming back from his injury, so he’ll join up with the team soon.
“He’s coming in as a reserve, so he’s not in the squad. And he’s continuing to build up and rehab, and that’s a great place for him to be able to do that, in and around the squad here. Obviously, if he builds up and everything then, should the worst-case [scenario] happen, it’s a conversation.”
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England began their World Cup journey with a defeat against New Zeland. Despite a decent show with the bat, Devon Conway & Rachin Ravindra blew the three lions with their respective tons. In a playback of the 2019 finals, the Kiwis exacted revenge on the defending champions.
Up next, England faces Bangladesh in their second game of the tournament at Dharmsala and will be keen to etch out a victory against the Bengal Tigers.
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