England’s five-match Test series against India is delicately poised at 1-1, but the mood in the English camp is anything but settled. After the bruising 336-run defeat at Edgbaston, selection calls have come under scrutiny. And now, one of England’s greatest voices has weighed in. James Anderson, now a retired legend, believes Jofra Archer must play and now at the Home of Cricket, Lord’s.
Anderson backs Archer for Lord’s: “It’s too crucial a game not to”
“You could keep trying to build his overs up and play him later in the series, but it could be too late by then,” Anderson told media ahead of the third Test as per the ICC. “I think he will play. He’s played one game for Sussex, he was around the team at Edgbaston and bowled a bit. I just feel like you’ve got to play him. It’s too crucial a game not to.”
Archer hasn’t played a Test since February 2021 but returned to red-ball cricket recently with Sussex before linking up with the England squad in Birmingham. He bowled in the nets, was part of the dressing room, and by all accounts, has looked sharp.
Anderson understands what Archer can bring at Lord’s. This is the ground where Archer famously announced himself in red-ball cricket with that fiery Ashes debut in 2019. And the feeling is that India might be the perfect opposition for his Test return.
England squad for third Test vs India
Ben Stokes (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.
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