{"id":299995,"date":"2023-12-12T18:43:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=299995"},"modified":"2023-12-12T18:43:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:43:58","slug":"jofra-archer-played-in-club-match-without-englands-permission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/%d1%81ricket\/jofra-archer-played-in-club-match-without-englands-permission\/","title":{"rendered":"Jofra Archer played in club match without England's permission"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jofra Archer made an unscheduled return to playing in a club match in Barbados at the weekend without seeking permission from England.<\/p>\n
Archer, who was recently awarded a new two-year central-contract worth around \u00a3800,000 a year, turned out for his old school side Foundations against Lords in the first day of a three-day club match that continues next weekend.<\/p>\n
That came as a surprise to England managing director Rob Key on Monday even though he is in Barbados and saw Archer bowl encouragingly well at an England net session ahead of the third one-day international against West Indies after his long battle with injury.<\/p>\n
\u2018I didn\u2019t know about that,\u2019 said Key when told about Archer\u2019s \u2018comeback\u2019 during a press conference to announce another England Test squad without their prime fast bowler. ‘I’ll find out.’<\/p>\n
Archer took four wickets, one of them with left-arm spin, a reflection of the low-key nature of what was an exercise unlikely to cause any further issues with the chronic elbow problem that has restricted him to seven England appearances in two and a half years.<\/p>\n
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Jofra Archer bowled in a club match in Barbados without England’s permission on the weekend<\/p>\n
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His decision to play comes just weeks after England awarded him a lucrative multi-year contract<\/p>\n
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Managing director Rob Key only found out about Archer playing at a press conference on Monday<\/p>\n
But even though Key was publicly and privately relaxed about the situation it was poor of Archer to not at least inform England of his intention to turn his arm over in a game after the expensive backing they have given him throughout his lengthy absences from cricket.<\/p>\n
The gifted fast bowler flew back to England on Sunday night to continue his rehabilitation after taking four for 18 and scoring 11 for Foundations but being left out of England\u2019s party to face India next month to further protect his elbow.<\/p>\n
Key revealed on Monday England turned down Archer\u2019s request to go into the draft for next year\u2019s Indian Premier League in a further attempt to treat him with the utmost caution ahead of what they hope will be a return ahead of the T20 World Cup in June.<\/p>\n
\u2018Jofra was keen to go into the IPL auction but we feel now the best way to do this is for us to be in control of his situation,\u2019 said Key before finding out about Archer\u2019s involvement in the club game. \u2018We\u2019re going to take it slow with him.<\/p>\n
\u2018We don\u2019t want to put any deadlines on his return. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve done in the past and we\u2019re trying to learn from that. If it takes an extra couple of months for him to come back but we get an extra couple of years out of him then it will be worth it because he\u2019s worth his weight in gold.\u2019<\/p>\n