Jofra Archer was built up as something special ahead of his introduction to international cricket and I must admit I was a little concerned he might not be able to live up to it.
We have all seen players struggle to establish themselves after being made to wait before qualifying for England and I did wonder whether Archer, with all the hype and expectation, might be one of them. There was no need to worry.
Within the first over I saw Archer bowl for England at the Oval - I had not seen too much of him before that and was not in Dublin for his debut - I had the same feeling as when I first saw Jimmy Anderson as England captain all those years ago.
Jofra Archer has made bowling fast look ridiculously easy so far at this Cricket World Cup
Archer makes bowling fast look ridiculously easy. Both Jofra and Mark Wood have been bowling extremely quickly in this World Cup but you would say Archer has more wicket-taking potential as he does slightly more with the ball.
Also, he is very upright and gets close to the stumps which means, especially against left-handers, he brings lbw and bowled much more into the equation.
Wood, in contrast, leans away a little bit and pitches the ball outside the left-hander's leg stump.
Just look at the ball that dismissed Soumya Sarkar in Cardiff. It was an absolute jaffa well in excess of 90 miles per hour, nipped back in, trimmed the bails and went flying over the boundary for 'six'! Would you want to be facing something like that?
Archer just jogs in too. It must be like facing a bowling machine and someone turning it up from 80 to 90 mph without telling you.
The Bangladesh openers Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal are proper players, but they were hanging back and did not fancy it at all. That's what extra pace does to you.
He is very upright and gets close to the stumps which makes it difficult for left-handers
Both Archer and Mark Wood have been bowling extremely quickly during the tournament
Archer has certainly proved himself an excellent addition to an England squad that needed an injection of pace. He has brought that X-factor.
Now they have found real pace in not just Archer too but also Wood and the only question is whether they need both of them in their first
