LONDON: England’s Jofra Archer mentioned he hopes to be match for the Check sequence in opposition to the West Indies in March after the quick bowler was dominated out of this 12 months’s Twenty20 World Cup and the Ashes on account of a recurrence of a stress fracture in his proper elbow.
Archer underwent an operation in Might to take away a bone fragment from his elbow and missed England’s two-Check sequence in June in opposition to New Zealand, which they misplaced 1-0. The 26-year-old was additionally dominated out of the continuing five-Check sequence in opposition to India, which England are trailing 1-Zero after two video games.
“The reason I had an operation in May was because I wanted to sort out the problem once and for all. I don’t want this thing hanging over me,” Archer advised the Each day Mail.
“I’m trying to be cautious about when I make my comeback, but I guess there’s a chance I’ll be ready in time for England’s three-Test series against West Indies in the Caribbean in March. But I can’t make any promises.”
Barbados-born Archer has been suffering from the harm since early 2020 and it saved him out of this 12 months’s Indian Premier League.
Printed in Daybreak, August 26th, 2021
