Vernon Philander weighs in on Jofra Archer beamer row after day two of Boxing Day Test – Sky Sports, Skysports.com
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Jofra Archer speaks to the umpires after bowling consecutive high full tosses on day two of the first Test at Centurion
Jofra Archer finds himself in the middle of a beamer row after South Africa’s Vernon Philander hinted that the England seamer should have been removed from the attack on day two of the Boxing Day Test.
Archer was bowling to nightwatchman Anrich Nortje late on a difficult second day for the tourists in Centurion – they closed behind with six second-innings wickets still to take after being bowled out for 181 – when he sent down successive high full tosses.
Neither delivery was propelled at the breakneck pace Archer is capable of, with both appearing to be botched variations on his slower ‘knuckle ball’, but Nortje was visibly rattled as he twice collapsed to the turf to avoid being struck.
Anrich Nortje is felled by one of Jofra Archer’s back-to-back full tosses that he bowled at him late on day two
******** The first was called as a no-ball and had the second been treated similarly, Archer would not have been allowed to bowl again in the match.
) Square-leg umpire Paul Reiffel made the no-ball signal after the second delivery, but the standing umpire Chris Gaffaney did not call it.
Match referee Andy Pycroft is understood to have spoken to England captain Joe Root about the incident and Archer is cleared to continue on day three, albeit under greater scrutiny.
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Philander h ad earlier bowled brilliantly as he took 4 – 18, and he was just as uncompromising as he assessed the drama surrounding Archer’s wayward deliveries late in the day.
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