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Can you name every one of Jofra Archer's Test victims?

Jofra Archer finally returned to Test cricket this summer after a 4 year absence for England.


Prior to his selection in the 3rd Test against India, Archer's previous game came in the penultimate game of England's 2021 tour to India. In that Test, Joe Root captained a side that included long-since-jettisoned players such as Ben Foakes and Dom Sibley as well as retirees Stuart Broad and James Anderson.


His two Tests this July has excited the England fans and hierarchy alike with Jofra showing intermittent spells of the sort of bowling that knocked over Steve Smith at Lord's in 2019 and won England the World Cup that same summer.


Whenever the Sussex man plays though there is always the murmuring regarding his elbow and his back that kept him out injured for so long. Mistakes that were pointed to Root at the time of his initial injury could probably be better placed at the then-captain's lack of alternatives - the talismanic bowler eventually broke down.


Under a new leadership group of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum and the benefit of hindsight, the same mistakes are unlikely to be made again. As such, England announced the final Test of the summer would not feature Jofra Archer after his back-to-back Tests with more than half an eye on the impending Ashes series down under in 4 months time.


With this break, we can take stock and as such see how Jofra Archer has got on - so can you tell me every single one of his Test victims?


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