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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
David Charlesworth

England being patient with Jofra Archer in Ashes and World Cup year

AP

England remain protective of Jofra Archer on his comeback from injury as white-ball head coach Matthew Mott revealed they decided against stress testing the terrorising quick in Bangladesh.

It is an understandable, even sensible, stance given Archer’s well-documented elbow and back problems that kept him out of the international fray for 22 months until his return in South Africa in January.

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