There will be doubts now about whether he will ever recover to play at the international level, though Key said England’s doctors are determined to get to the bottom of Archer’s injury issues, and the player remains desperate to play all forms of cricket despite a “taxing road” ahead.
“I have seen people like (Australia captain) Pat Cummins miss a lot of cricket in the early stage of his career and now . . . he is putting in season after season,” said Key, who is the former England player and the current managing director of England.
“It’s a pretty unique situation, something that has baffled quite a few people and quite a few specialists who have been involved right from the start.”
England has won 10 of its 12 test matches since Brendon McCullum was hired as coach and Stokes appointed as captain last year. Before that, England had won one of 17 test matches.
England: Ben Stokes (captain), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
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