Srinagar, July 17 : England pacer Jofra Archer has been dropped from second test between England and West Indies and there is chance that he could miss third Test as well after breaching the Bio-Secure protocol by visiting his home on way while coming to Manchester.
Now England Cricket Board has said that Archer’s breach could have been “a disaster” for English cricket costing “tens of millions of pounds”.
Ashley Giles, managing director of men’s cricket at the ECB, has said that the pace bowler had risked the entire summer schedule.
“This could have been a disaster. The ripple effect this could have had through the whole summer could have cost us tens of millions of pounds,” Giles was quoted as saying, with Archer now amid a mandatory five-day self-isolation at the team hotel at Old Trafford.
“The potential knock-on effect I don’t think he could have understood. He is a young man and young men make mistakes. He has to learn from them. There will be a disciplinary process to go through,” Giles said.
“With the help of government and the help of the opposition, in this case the West Indies, the series was set up with these protocols and we have to abide by them. Everyone has to abide by them. If you know what the protocol says and what’s expected of you it’s a simple choice.”
