Showing the way: Jofra Archer’s England debut wicket against Ireland was a yorker

IT HAS taken England’s newest recr uit to remind us of the devastating effect of one of the oldest tricks in the pace bowler’s book. Don’t forget the cross-seamer, the slow bouncer, the back-of-the-hand ball (beautifully bowled by Tom Curran in the final ODI between England and Pakistan at Headingley), because they will all be seen in abundance in the weeks ahead. But the emergence of Jofra Archer and his progress from Sussex through the Big Bash to the Indian Premier ...