Jofra Archer

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jofra Archer

• Does Jofra Archer smoke?: Not Known

• Does Jofra Archer drink alcohol?: Yes

  

• Jofra Archer is a Barbados-born English cricketer who made his international debut for England in May 2019 and went on to be a part of the England squad that won the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

• His father is from England and mother is from Barbados.

• Since his childhood, Jofra was passionate about cricket and also represented his school in various championships.

  

• Jofra has also been a Long Jump athlete and showed his skills in the sport during his school days.

  

• Before becoming a part of the English Cricket, Archer had played for West Indies Under-19 in 2013. However, a back injury led him out of the Barbados system.

  

• Initially, his inclusion in England’s 2019 World Cup squad became subject of much speculation but changes to the ECB’s qualification rules led to him becoming eligible after three years of residency; rather than the expected seven.

• After watching his good performance during the net practice in Barbados, the Barbadian-English cricketer, Chris Jordan, recommended him to play for Sussex.

• After making his debut in first class for Sussex during Pakistan’s tour of England in July 2016; Archer was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the 2018 IPL auction for £800,000.

  

• In the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup finals, Archer bowled the super over, which decided the fate of England to lift the World Cup Trophy.

  

• Although he bowls and bats with his right hand, he writes with his left hand.

  

• Apart from being a terrific bowler, Jofra is equally good at batting and fielding.

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• In his spare time, Jofra loves to play with his pet dogs.

  

• In August 2019, during the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, Steve Smith collapsed to the ground after being hit in the neck by a ball from Jofra Archer. Smith was on 80 when he was hit on the neck by test debutant Archer; it was a 90 miles per hour delivery. Jofra did attract some criticism on social media for his behaviour after the incident as he walked away and didn’t check on Smith.