'Long time coming' - Stokes 'really excited' with Archer return - video Dailymotion

Ben Stokes admits Jofra Archer’s long-awaited Test comeback is a 'pretty great day' for English cricket.

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00:00Joff Rarcher is back.

00:02How excited are you by that prospect?

00:05Yeah, really exciting.

00:07I think it's great for English fans, but also for Joff.

00:13It's been a long time coming for him.

00:16I think the way in which he's handled the injury setbacks

00:23over that period has been very commendable.

00:26And then the way in which he's got himself back onto the field

00:29and playing cricket over a long period of time now.

00:32It was exciting to have him back into the squad

00:36and in contention for last week,

00:37but now that we can say he's in the playing XI,

00:41very exciting for the group, but also I think a pretty great day.

00:46And I think Joff's going to be pretty proud of himself

00:47that he's managed to get himself back here

00:50after two pretty big injury scares.

00:53Whenever he does get the ball in his hand,

00:55there is that change in the game.

00:57I think the opposition feel it as well

01:00because they know what he can do in a spell.

01:04So yeah, I don't think there's any reason

01:06as to why we can't see Joff Rarcher operating at a level

01:09like we've seen here in Lawson's debut.