Six years on, England pacer Archer has a moment to savour.. again

“The hardest part has been playing cricket for the last year and a half and still having the training wheels on talking about workloads – bowl today, don’t bowl tomorrow,” added Archer

“Sometimes you think you are ready but you never know until you do it. The safer way is the best way so I am not too fussed and this is surely worth the wait. The plans Keysey [England managing director of cricket Rob Key] and I made a few years ago are starting to fill the calendar. I am a bit speechless as to how things are coming on. I think I still have overs marked out until December so I am not totally out of the woods but this is a good start. It was very hectic for a first Test back. I bowled more overs than I thought I would,” he added.

Incidentally, it was on the same day six years ago, that Archer bowled that Super Over against New Zealand in the World Cup final. On that day, the seamer kept his nerve to help England become world champions. Captain Ben Stokes had that in mind when he gave the ball to Archer on Monday morning replacing England’s most successful bowler the previous day, Brydon Carse.