Rob Key, the former England cricketer, has said that he thinks England should reinstate Jofra Archer into their XI for the third Test of their series against Pakistan.
England maintained their 1-0 lead in the three-match series after a rain-truncated Test at the Ageas Bowl finished as a draw on Monday. Archer, who was part of the England XI in the first Test of the series, was replaced by Sam Curran with Zak Crawley also coming in for the unavailable Ben Stokes for the second Test. Key, however, believes, that Archer should be picked over Curran for the third Test, which starts on Friday.
“Pakistan got 230, which I think was a good score in the worst of the conditions,” he said. “This is a very good Pakistan side and they have a very good shout of levelling the series.
“These are two very even teams, with very good bowling attacks and slightly inexperienced batting line-ups, with one absolute gun each in Joe Root for England and Babar Azam for Pakistan. Pakistan also have possibly the best leg-spinner in the world in Yasir Shah.”
