English paceman Jofra Archer is not worried about getting into the Test team this summer, especially straightaway after recovering from his elbow injury. Playing for Sussex in the County Championship 2021, Archer thinks that he has still got time up his sleeves to try and force his way into the England side by the time the English home summer kicks in.
“If I am in [the English Test side] I will be happy, if not I will just have to take that, no real reason to worry over spilt milk,” Archer said at an end of the day’s play interview to Sussex’s Youtube channel. Archer in his comeback game picked two crucial wickets of Kent in opener Daniel Bell-Drummond and fellow teammate from England Zak Crawley.
“I have still got few more games to put into and have some confidence in the arm, so for me, everything is straight right now,” Archer said about his plans to get into the England team before the prized five-match series against India begins in August this year.
Saying that it was a nice feeling to be back at Sussex, the 26-year-old confessed, “I would much rather have a game here after my injury than somewhere else.”
Archer was given short spells of 3-4 overs at the Hove County Ground and he was lethal in them, bouncing people on the ground, nipping past the edges and even threatening with an odd yorker. He ended up with figures of 2/29 from his 13 overs. Asked if short spells are his thing, the Barbados born said, It’s all tactics wise.”
“Somedays you might have four-seamers (Sussex in this game had three only) and then one of them can go for longer spells considering the fact that there are three other bowlers who will cover-up. And it also depends on the wicket. If it is a 400-500 wicket then longer spells become important,” he added.