Jofra Archer returns for England Lions against England

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England 501-7 (79 overs): Pope 146, Crawley 96, Jacks 84
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Pace bowler Jofra Archer made his archetypal quality for 16 months arsenic helium lined up for England Lions against England successful a circuit lucifer successful Abu Dhabi.

Archer has not played for England since March 2021 due to the fact that of elbow country and past a accent fracture of the back.

He took 0-38 from 9 overs connected the opening time of the three-day game.

Ollie Pope made 146 from 120 balls and Zak Crawley 96 disconnected 89 arsenic England, who commencement a three-Test bid successful Pakistan connected 1 December, amassed 501-7.

Pope, lasting successful arsenic skipper successful Ben Stokes' absence, helped England people astatine much than six an implicit astatine the Tolerance Oval.

Will Jacks, who could marque his Test debut against Pakistan, smashed 84 from 48 balls from fig eight.

Liam Livingstone - portion of England's T20 World Cup-winning side this period - deed 36 from 23 balls successful his archetypal red-ball lucifer since September 2020, portion Ben Foakes ended the time 48 not out.

Former skipper Joe Root was dismissed for 9 by Sussex off-spinner Jack Carson.

Eighteen-year-old Leicestershire leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed - called up to the Test squad aboriginal connected Wednesday - conceded 73 from 8 overs.

Archer, whose workload is being monitored by the England management, volition vessel a constricted fig of overs successful the game.

It was announced aboriginal connected Wednesday that helium would beryllium a wildcard prime for MI Cape Town successful the caller South Africa T20 League that starts connected 10 January.

The tourney runs until 11 February, but England commencement a three-match one-day planetary bid against South Africa connected 27 January, which whitethorn beryllium Archer's instrumentality to competitory planetary cricket.

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