England ponder excusing quick from two-Test Sri Lanka tourOther multi-format players may get similar treatmentJofra Archer will sign off from England’s tour of
South Africa after Tuesday’s final Twenty20 at Newlands and could see this rest period extended into February amid thoughts of allowing him to miss the two-Test series in Sri Lanka.
The 25-year-old fast bowler is one of three players to feature in the recent Indian
Premier League and then take up the option to sit out the three-match ODI series that begins in Cape Town on Friday, with Ben Stokes and Sam Curran similarly flying home. But with the
England management casting an eye towards a gruelling schedule in 2021 that culminates with a T20
World Cup in
India and then the Ashes in Australia, further spells on the sidelines for the multi-format players are on the cards.