Ex-West Indies pacer Tino Best and England pacer Jofra Archer engaged in a verbal war on Twitter after the former raised questions over the latter’s inclusion in England playing XI ahead of seasoned campaigner Stuart Broad. England are playing West Indies in the first Test of the iconic three-match series which also marks the return of international cricket post the COVID-19 induced lockdown.

Tino Best took to Twitter and criticized Jofra Archer’s bowling stating that he cannot understand how the lanky pacer was picked ahead of veteran Stuart Broad. Defending Stuart Broad who expressed his disappointment at being dropped, Tino Best said that Jofra Archer, who was selected because of his speed, wasn’t even generating any significant pace.

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Archer, who was not happy with this comment, gave a rapid rebuttal to the former cricketer, questioning how he was not a coach yet with all this knowledge.

The war of words didn’t end there was Tino Best further took shots at Jofra Archer. In another tweet, Best told Archer that he didn’t need to target him. Best added that Archer hadn’t bowled quick since Ashes. He also asked him to take some rest and be ready for England’s thrashing at the hands of West Indies in the second innings.

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To this, Jofra Archer replied, “you must live a miserable life.”

However, soon after Tino took a u-turn and ended this battle of words. He went on to add that he had pure admiration for Jofra while continuing to apologise to the english pacer. He added that he wanted Jofra to bowl with an intense pace like he used to, in order to get the cricketing community excited again. Finally, he ended the tweet by asking people who were fueling the verbal fight to stop as this wasn’t any fight.

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