Jofra Archer looks like he has never been away while Mark Wood finds form to bring the 'excitement' to England's T20 World Cup defence.
If England needed a morale-boosting moment in their last match before their T20 World Cup campaign begins, it took just two balls.
Rizwan and Pakistan captain Babar Azam countered it, at least until Babar edged Archer on 36, but it captivated the crowd at The Oval and set pulses racing about the prospect of the pair reuniting during England's World Cup defence. But, albeit against a disappointingly poor Pakistan, he returned impressive figures of 2-35, averaged 91mph and twice hit 96mph.
The fourth T20 against Pakistan was their first appearance together at home since a one-day international against Australia in the Covid-19 bubble in 2020. He took two wickets on his return on Saturday and finished with figures of 1-31 in 3.5 overs on Thursday, having regularly troubled Pakistan's batters with sharp bouncers.
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