Jofra Archer Reveals He's Lost His World Cup Medal

Archer Reveals He's Lost His World Cup Medal

England fast bowler Jofra Archer said Saturday he'd "gone mad" trying to find his World Cup winner's medal after losing the prized piece of silverware while moving house.

Last year saw the Sussex quick establish himself on the worldwide stage as he helped England win their first men's 50-over global title, with Archer's 20 wickets at 23.05 the foremost taken by any member of the champions' squad.

 

Archer Reveals He's Lost His World Cup Medal

The 25-year-old, who only made his international debut in 2019, was also given the daunting responsibility of bowling the Super Over within the final at Lord's.

Archer, however, held his nerve brilliantly as England edged out New Zealand during a thrilling finish selected boundary countback after the teams' scores were level after both regulation play and cricket's answer to 'extra time'.

But the Barbados-born quick, asked Saturday about where his medal was now, told BBC Radio: "I had it hanging off a portrait someone did on behalf of me and sent to me, I had my medal hanging thereon .

"I moved flat and therefore the picture is on the new wall but there is no medal. I turned the house the wrong way up for a few week but I still haven't managed to seek out it.

"I realize it should be within the house so i will be able to keep eyes out for it but I've gone mad trying to find it already."

Archer, who returned to the uk from Barbados last month, said the very fact all major cricket worldwide, including the beginning of English season, was suspended due to the pandemic a minimum of gave him time to continue checking out the medal.

"There's nothing else to try to to in isolation. It's all hands on deck."

Although Archer may have seemed the 'go-to' option for England captain Eoin Morgan when it came to picking a bowler for the Super Over, the paceman himself was reluctant to press his own claims given he'd shortly been within the side.

Archer, asked when he knew he'd been chosen for the Super Over, replied: "Pretty late. I wasn't sure until I had to travel down there and warm up.

"That doesn't suggest I didn't want it, I just didn't think i used to be during a position to volunteer. i used to be just coming into the team, I'd played the smallest amount amount of games within the squad. I didn't think it had been my time to volunteer.

"It was the sole Super Over of the entire tournament, I never actually considered it or planned for things , it just happened."