Jofra Archer Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Girlfriend, Family, Wiki & More

24 years, 0 month, 18 days old age. Jofra Archer will turn 25 on 21 April, 2020. Only 11 months, 11 days, 9 hours, 2 minutes has left for his next birthday.

Jofra Archer has celebrated the total number of 24 birthdays till date. See the analysis by days count and bar graph.

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Short Biography

Jofra Archer was born on 01-01-1970 in Bridgetown, Barbados. He is a Barbadian Cricket Player.

Jofra Archer Complete Bio & Career

Jofra Archer has rapidly become one of the most exciting young allrounders in English county cricket. Born in Barbados to an English father and Bajan mother, he is ambitious to follow his Sussex teammate Chris Jordan into the England side. It was Jordan who first alerted Sussex to Archer's talents after facing him in a net session in Barbados and his assessment that "the sky is the limit" has been borne out by batting and bowling spells of great promise.

It would be a seven-year qualification to play for England, not complete until 2022-23 which at the speed he is developing would deny international cricket of a gifted cricketer for around four years, frustration no doubt for West Indies cricket. He played for West Indies under 19s in 2013 but after suffering a serious back injury he slipped out of the Barbados system. Instead, he rallied while playing for Sussex's second XI and for Horsham in the Sussex Premier League. After a great 2017 county season, he was roped in by Hobart Hurricanes where he attracted a lot of eyeballs. He was noticed from there by most of the IPL franchise. He was eventually sold at a whopping 7.2 crores at the IPL auction 2018 to Rajasthan Royals. He had a great outing in his second BBL outing as well and has also qualified to play for England for the ICC World Cup 2019. England teams though boast a huge roster of fast bowlers and therefore he will to do exceedingly well to be in contention for the World Cup squad.

Jofra Archer Family, Relatives and Other Relations

He was born to Frank Archer and Joelle Waithe.

Shocking / Interesting Facts & Secrets About Jofra Archer

Besides being a bowler who can clock 150s, he is also a very handy lower order batsman.

He will be playing alongside his Hobart Hurricane teammate DArcy Short in IPL as well.