The Ashes: Jofra Archer accuses Australia of panic – and ‘terrible’ sledging
JOFRA ARCHER has accused Australia of panic, complacency and ‘terrible’ sledging.
The England pace ace believes the cocky Aussies lost it as Ben Stokes’ epic unbeaten 135 inspired a miraculous one-wicket win at Headingley to tie the series at 1-1.
Archer claimed the famously chirpy tourists had a dig when he was caught on the boundary during the run chase.
He said: “It was terrible chat. Nothing to worry about. It made me laugh.
“I think it was either Tim Paine or Matthew Wade but someone said ‘that is a great shot Jof’.
“We got over the line. It doesn’t matter how we got there. The point was we did.
“You should never get complacent — though to be fair, 350 runs is a lot.
“The crowd started getting on their backs and I think they panicked a bit.
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They thought they would have rolled us after getting a few quick early wickets.”
Stokes’ “special” century was also hailed by Kevin Pietersen, who maintained it may be better than his 2005 Ashes ton at The Oval.
Ex-England star KP said: “It’s hard to make comparisons but he actually won the match single-handedly.”