Ashes star Jofra Archer racially abused at supermarket

The Barbadian-born cricketer, who lives in Hove, said the racist incident happened during a recent trip to the shop.

The 24-year-old told The Times: “Yesterday I went to the supermarket and there was a guy who I don’t think was all the way there in the head.

“He passed me twice in the line cashing out then, when I was going through the door, he said, ‘Oh these bloody people, coming to my country.’

“I just let it go, then he said something about thieves and I said, ‘What was that? Excuse me?’

“He just kept going.”

When asked if he believed the man knew who he was, Archer said he did not think so and that he “didn’t want him to”.

He said: “I don’t want people to judge me for the things I do.

“I’d much rather someone didn’t know who I am, then they’re showing their true colours.

“If he did know what I do he probably would have gone the opposite way and wanted to shake my hand and talk about cricket.

“This is one of the things you have got to take into consideration when you’re coming to England.

“It’s not going to be like home where everyone’s the same.

“People aren’t easygoing.

“You come here, you train hard, you stay in your corner, do what you’ve got to do.

“I don’t think I left the hotel once in the last Test.”

Archer said he did miss his former home in Bridgetown, Barbados’ capital city.

He expressed concerns that children in England do not get out enough, as they do in Barbados.

He said: “Over here I just wonder sometimes if the kids are bored, you know?

“We got home from school and we were gone; running around the streets, playing, going to the beach.

"I don’t see a lot of kids running around in England.”

He also admitted that seeing the sea in Hove would often make him “miss the beach back home”.

He said: “Here you can’t really see the bottom, you don’t know what’s in there.

“There’s no sand, it’s pebbles. I’ve never been in.

“I've never set foot in it and I don’t think I ever will either.”