Southern Brave, one of the strongest teams of The Hundred on paper has so far tasted two defeats in two of its opening encounters. While Quinton de Kock was available post first game, it is the absence of Jofra Archer that is paining the Southern Brave.
"We're hearing stuff from the medical teams at the ECB and Sussex. I think he's maybe undergoing a jab or something yesterday or today, and then hopefully we might get him for the last four [games] or something,” James Vince, the Brave's men's captain said ahead of his first home game of the season against the Birmingham Phoenix.
Archer, who underwent elbow surgery in May following an aborted come back from the injury at the start of the English summer, has so far played a Royal London ODI game for Sussex and a practice match against Oxfordshire.
Brave also missed the services of George Garton in their second match against Welsh Fire. Speaking about that, Vince said, "He was one of the lads that had Covid in that England set-up and he's been a bit low on energy, so the doctor and medical team's advice was that he shouldn't play again today.”