England pacer Jofra Archer has retreated his focus on fitness and said that it will be a long year for the English cricket team and managing the body alignment is important.
“I looked at the schedule today and realised that it is going to be a very long year. Few series coming up. Body management will be essential if you are going to play everything or most of everything. Managing the body will be important if you have to play a lot,” said Archer while speaking to the media on Tuesday.
In this calendar year, England will play 17 Test matches besides the T20 World Cup. Archer also included IPL 2021 in his schedule for the year.
“Anyone who has criticised it never spent a week let alone months in the bubble. We have been here for almost a year now. At the end of the day, human beings are social people. Sometimes it becomes hard because if you are not having a great game or if you are not feeling good with your cricket, there is no escape. I think ECB has done great, given people like myself time. I have had six weeks away. I think Jos (Buttler) will have some time after the first Test. So they are making a priority that everyone gets time away and come back refreshed and ready to go,” added Archer.
“I don’t mind the bubble because I know I will get my time away. If it gets too overbearing, there is no shame in saying that. Right now, I am good to go at least till July. I have been training in my time off, playing cricket,” he said.
The 25-year-old said that his IPL experience won’t matter a lot to him when it comes to representing the national team in the Test format.
