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Personally I think he has found fame and fortune and has no idea how to handle it.
There was huge hype when the English fast bowler Joffra Archer came into the Test arena. He was seen as their savior in the Ashes who was meant to blow batsmen away with his terrifying pace. I think personally he has been built up into something that he isn't and he has plenty to learn before he is a top bowler.
England fast tracked Archer into the Test team from his previous results achieved in one day cricket and the county championship. The English were desperate to win the Ashes against Australia and saw Archer as their secret weapon. A bowler who has the pace to worry any batsmen. The first few tests he was a handful but he is too erratic.
What has been very obvious is his attitude sucks. I say this as wickets have obviously come easy for him up until he arrived in the test match arena. Since the Ashes series wickets have dried up and his results are not good enough. I would say his application is wrong as he is searching for the wicket taking ball too often.
Archer needs to learn to bowl in tandem with the other bowlers in the team to create pressure. At the moment on helpful faster wickets he is no threat which is not what everyone expects. He hasn't stepped it up a gear and his speeds have dropped again. This morning he was starting at 148 km/h and within his third spell was down to 138 km/h.
This is exactly what we saw in the Ashes and in New Zealand with a much slower pace than expected. Bowling between 135 and 138 km/h makes you just another quick bowler with nothing special. In New Zealand he took 3 wickets for 202 runs using the Kookaburra ball and had no effect on the Test matches.
One thing I have picked up is his attitude as it is too laid back like some of the West Indian cricketers. I get the feeling he thinks he is better than he actually is and possibly things have come too easy and too quickly for him. He possibly will perform at some point and has a great spell in him somewhere, but if he can't get wickets on helpful tracks then he has to lift himself somehow.
Michael Holding summed it up in one word today saying he is lackadaisical which is spot on. The definition of that is someone who is lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy. How long can he carry on like this justifying his place in the team. Would Archer make other Test teams around the world and the answer is possibly, but not a definite. One thing for sure is he would be given a wake up call by the coaches with his sub standard performances. His honeymoon period is well and truly over and needs to do something quickly.
