{"id":804928,"date":"2026-10-16T22:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T22:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/804928\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T22:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T22:32:16","slug":"jofra-archer-england-bowler-signs-one-year-extension-at-sussex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/804928\/","title":{"rendered":"Jofra Archer: England bowler signs one-year extension at Sussex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England paceman Jofra Archer has signed a one-year contract extension with Sussex, extending his stay at Hove to 12 seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 31-year-old made his debut for the county in 2016 and has taken 223 first-class wickets at an average of 25.17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Following numerous injuries, Archer missed four years of red-ball cricket before returning for Sussex in June 2025. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He then played his first Test since 2021 when he was named in the England team to face India in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Archer was fit for the 2025-2026 Ashes tour to Australia, taking nine wickets before picking up a side-strain in the third Test in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He recovered to take 23 wickets in five Test matches against New Zealand and Pakistan this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I have always felt at home at Sussex since making my first-class debut in 2016, and it was an easy decision to stay here for a further year,&#8221; Archer told the club website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Incoming Sussex head coach Matt Walker added: &#8220;He is a world-class fast bowler who brings something truly special to our club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Retaining a player of his calibre is hugely important to us as we look to build a successful team across all formats.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England paceman Jofra Archer has signed a one-year contract extension with Sussex, extending his stay at Hove to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-804928","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\/804928","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=804928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}