{"id":113914,"date":"2026-06-03T15:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/im-baffled-ex-england-batter-on-archers-absence-after-full-ipl-stint\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:36:08","slug":"im-baffled-ex-england-batter-on-archers-absence-after-full-ipl-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/im-baffled-ex-england-batter-on-archers-absence-after-full-ipl-stint\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m baffled&#8217;: Ex-England batter on Archer&#8217;s absence after full IPL stint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former England batter Mark Butcher expressed bewilderment over Jofra Archer&#8217;s exclusion from the first Test against New Zealand, despite a stellar IPL season. Butcher questioned the decision, highlighting Archer&#8217;s value as a premier fast bowler and the limited home Test schedule. He also pondered Ben Stokes&#8217; move to bat at number seven.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former England batter Mark Butcher expressed bewilderment over Jofra Archer&#8217;s exclusion from the first Test against New Zealand, despite a stellar IPL season. Butcher questioned the decision, highlighting Archer&#8217;s value as a premier fast bowler and the limited home Test schedule. He also pondered Ben Stokes&#8217; move to bat at number seven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":113915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}