Fast bowler is raring to help reclaim the Ashes on home soil after a joyous period of ‘shovelling lots of poo and feeding lots of dogs’
but they are not necessarily associated with elite sport. Yet if England win back the Ashes this summer their success may owe a debt of gratitude to the role played by five American pitbulls in helping Jofra Archer return to fitness after 18 months out of the game.
When he wasn’t walking his canine companions on the beach he was “shouting at the television” watching his England teammatesBut the dogs helped him cope and he says he never doubted he would return to his best: “I know whenever I’m fully fit, I don’t think there’s much that can stop me, it’s just a matter of when that was going to be. Luckily everything happened a lot sooner – well, I wish it happened a lot sooner – but I’m not going to be upset or bitter about how the timing’s been.
“It [may have] looked fantastic but on the inside, I’m still a bit stiff and trying to take some of the rust away. I’d probably say I’m about 80%. Just some fine-tuning now, more discipline than actual cricket stuff.”
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