Jofra & Tymal set for stints in PSL

Sussex fast-bowling pair, Jofra Archer and Tymal Mills will continue their winter globetrotting in the forthcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL). The pair were picked up by teams in a ‘replacement draft’ on Monday.

Mills has replaced fellow left-arm quick, Mitchell Johnson in the Karachi Kings roster.

Archer has been added to the Quetta Gladiators squad, taking the place of another Barbadian all-rounder, Carlos Braithwaite.

The 22-year-old will be available for the Gladiators’ first four matches, before returning to Sussex on 2 March.

Archer is currently with the Hobart Hurricanes in Australia for the final week of the Big Bash. He will then travel directly to Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Twenty20 Blitz between 6-11 February, before a spell back in the UK ahead of the PSL.

Archer and Mills will join Sussex teammates Chris Jordan (Peshawar Zalmi) and David Wiese (Karachi Kings) in the tournament.

Jordan, Mills and Wiese are scheduled to play the entire tournament.  

Luke Wright, initially a member of the Karachi Kings’ squad in the PSL, has withdrawn from the tournament.

The batsman explained the reasons behind his decision in a tweet: “I’ve been carrying niggles all winter and they aren’t getting better so to be fair to both @Karachi KingsARY & @SussexCCC I respectfully have to miss it. Great tournament. Hope to play in it next year.”

The third edition of the PSL takes place between 22 February and 25 March 2018. Group matches will take place in the UAE, with the preliminary final on 21st March and final on 25th March scheduled to be played in Lahore and Karachi respectively.