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Archer's box-office spell to Phillips lights up The Oval

Jofra Archer showed no signs of rust as he made his England Test return, the pacer producing a box-office, fiery eight-over spell of short-pitched bowling late on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand at The Oval.

Archer's box-office spell to Phillips lights up The Oval
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Jofra Archer showed no signs of rust as he made his England Test return, the pacer producing a box-office, fiery eight-over spell of short-pitched bowling late on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand at The Oval. The 31-year-old, playing in his first England Test since Adelaide in December - as his IPL commitments controversially kept him out of the series opener at Lord's - took 1-58 from his 19 overs after England inserted the opposition.

Archer had Tom Latham caught at gully off a leading edge in his second spell of the day, but it was his battle with Glenn Phillips late…

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