{"id":321483,"date":"2025-12-17T19:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/321483\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:32:12","slug":"ashes-exceptional-jofra-archer-praised-by-vaughan-swann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/321483\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes: &#8216;Exceptional&#8217; Jofra Archer praised by Vaughan &#038; Swann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Jofra Archer was England&#8217;s standout bowler on the opening day of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide, taking 3-29 in 16 overs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The England bowler was criticised for his display in the second Test, with Australia&#8217;s Steve Smith suggesting he only bowled quick when the game was all-but over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, he responded in Adelaide with sustained spells of quality fast bowling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Jofra Archer has been magnificent today,&#8221; said ex-England captain Michael Vaughan. &#8220;He has bowled with great pace and discipline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former England spinner Graeme Swann, speaking to TNT Sports, added: &#8220;Jofra Archer, after the criticism he received after Brisbane &#8211; which I thought was harsh at the time &#8211; he&#8217;s bowled brilliantly today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He&#8217;s been aggressive, he&#8217;s been at the batsmen and conceded less than 30 runs in a day with three wickets to his name. He&#8217;s been exceptional.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jofra Archer was England&#8217;s standout bowler on the opening day of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide, taking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-321483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}