Ponga considering shock early Knights, NRL exit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nOn July 14, 2019, Archer helped England win its first cricket World Cup trophy in the most dramatic final against New Zealand, also at Lord's.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe played a major role,\u201d Stokes said, \u201cand I had a feeling he'd do something special [on this day] and crack the game open.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the fourth over of the day, Archer sent Rishabh Pant's off stump cartwheeling. Then in the day's eighth over, he got Washington Sundar with a fantastic one-hand caught-and-bowled.<\/p>\n
Archer and Stokes combined to take 3-11 in the first 40 minutes and hastened India's demise from 4-58 overnight to 7-82. India, chasing 193, was eventually dismissed for 170 and England won by 22 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.<\/p>\n
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England completed the job when off-spinner Shoaib Bashir removed Mohammed Siraj for 4 in the 75th over of India's innings.<\/p>\n
Ravindra Jadeja\ufeff had done superbly with the bat as India scrapped, but the all-rounder was left stranded on 61 when the final wicket was taken.<\/p>\n
Archer's first Test in four-and-a-half years produced an impressive match haul of five wickets, his most in a Test since December 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a gut feeling that Jof's going to do something in his first game back,\u201d Stokes said. \u201cEvery time he's announced on the tannoy, the ground erupts, and when the speeds go up on the screen, the feeling changes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Archer regularly worried India by bowling at speeds of up to 145km\/h.<\/p>\n
But he was managed by Stokes, never doing more than five-over spells and spaced well apart.<\/p>\n
It frustrated Archer but he also understood after years of being sidelined by elbow and back injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty hectic, for the first game back,\u201d he told broadcaster Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
"I probably bowled a few more overs than I thought I would've [39.2 in the match] but every single one mattered today so I'm not too fussed about it.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOnly played one Test at Lord's [on debut in 2019] and that one was just as special as this one. It's been a long time coming, a lot of rehab, a lot of training. But moments like this make it worth it.<\/p>\n
\u201cManaging the workload is still very hard, being told you can bowl some days and not others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Archer never thought he would not return to Test cricket. His previous Test was in February 2021 in Ahmedabad, and his previous home Test was in August 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cI'm not totally out of the woods yet but it's a good start,\u201d he said. \u201cThe style of cricket that this team plays, it means I'm going to bowl a lot of overs!\u201d<\/p>\n
Archer didn't hold back either when he verbally sprayed Pant and Sundar after dismissing them. It was all part of the passions brought on by earlier incidents between the teams.<\/p>\n
"We came together as a group yesterday and said, you know, sometimes we're too nice. We go to other places and some teams are not as nice to us as we are to them so I guess we just tried to shift it. I don't know if it gave us a bit more of a buzz in the field or not but we will keep it in the bank for the future!<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn't a proud moment [to Pant]. I just told him to cherish that moment. He came down the track and that annoyed me a little bit so when the ball nipped down the slope [and bowled him], I was so grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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