World champions England were rattled. Jofra Archer knew it. Tim Murtagh had taken his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket. Archer had predicted it. Fans were shocked. Lord’s Cricket Ground – which a week ago, roared in jubilance as England lifted its maiden World Cup title — had gone pin-drop silence. Little far in the dressing room, hosts skipper Joe Root was caught biting-off his nails as England bundled for only 85 runs under 24 overs, their lowest ever at home by the number of overs played. But you wouldn’t have to go through all this only if you closely followed Prophet Jofra Archer’s twitter account. Spooky! Jofra Archer’s Old Tweets on Super Over and Last Over Score have an Uncanny Resemblance With CWC 2019 NZ vs ENG Finals; Stuart Broad Reacts!

The World Cup-winning England fast bowler had already shown more than a glimpse of his future-telling powers during CWC 2019 where he rightly – even if he predicted it years ago in the past – foretold England’s World Cup triumph at home. From the Super Over in the final to New Zealand finding ways to lose a game they looked more likely to win or Jason Roy’s brilliance, Prophet Archer had rightly prophesied everything correctly.

Prophet Archer Predicts

But it seems CWC 2019 wasn’t the only thing Archer had predicted correctly. When the newly crowned World Champions England took on Ireland in a one-off Test match at Lord’s on Wednesday, many had predicted a comfortable English victory. But their UK rivals, Ireland rung a surprise. England folded for just 85 runs with none of the batsman managing more than 23 runs. Only three overall English batsmen crossed double figures as Murtagh wrote his name into the Lord’s Honorary Board. Everyone was shocked. But not Archer.

Ireland Cricket Reacts

His prophecy for his game had gone unnoticed until it actually transpired and before Ireland Cricket – the official twitter handle of the Ireland cricket team – pulled it up from history books. Archer had on February 16, 2015, tweeted “Ireland looking good.” Ireland cricket’s twitter handle pulled it up and once again praises were reserved for the Barbados born English pacer.

Call it a coincidence or call it a correct guess, Archer has shown the entire world that if not a fearsome fast bowler, who could tear open a batsman’s helmet off his head, he could have been an excellent future-teller.

Meanwhile, Ireland, in response to England 85 runs in the first innings, made 207 runs giving themselves a 122 runs lead. Andrew Balbirnie was Ireland’s top-scorer with a 69 ball 55 run knock. It was his third Test fifty. Stuart Broad, Sam Curran and debutant Olly Stone picked three-wickets each for England.

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