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Thumb injury forces Archer from West Indies Odis

Speedster Jofra Archer was excluded from English one -day international series against the West Indies with a right thumb injury.

Archer will miss the series that begins on May 29 after suffering the injury to Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.

In a statement published on Wednesday, the ECB said that the archer born in Barbados “will be re -evaluated in the next fourteen days to determine when it could return to action”.

The 30-year-old was excluded from the squad for the following three-game T20 series to play Lions against India A. for England.

These four-day games will take place from May 30th and June 6th, so that Archer will at least miss the first of these games, which would have been his first red ball cricket for four years.

Since he played for England for England in February 2021, he was hindered in February 2021.

“It's a few weeks – it will not be far from bowling,” England's director of Cricket Rob Key told Sky Sports.

“We wanted a four -day bowling. [against India] But it can be the third test now. We'll wait and see, but nothing is too serious. “

Lancashires left-wing Seamer, Luke Wood, has replaced Archer in the Odi squad and was already part of the T20 group.

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