Jofra Archer is set to make his long-awaited England comeback in the new year after returning to the squad for January's one-day series in South Africa
Jofra Archer has been named in England’s ODI squad for the three-match series against South Africa, which starts in January.
The pace bowler burst on to the scene in stunning style but has not played international cricket since March 2021 due to injury.Archer suffered a sequence of elbow problems, requiring two operations, and then saw his return to action fall apart when he sustained a stress fracture of the lower back in May.
But he has worked closely with the England and Wales Cricket Board’s medical team throughout his lengthy rehabilitation and joined up with the Lions squad during November’s training camp in November.AdvertisementThe 27-yeat-old takes his place in a 14-man squad for the three-match tour of South Africa, a rearranged series that was initially abandoned in December 2020 after a Covid-19 scare saw England fly home early.
The squad will be captained by Jos Buttler and begins on January 27 in Bloemfontein – with the series exclusivelyThe reigning ODI and T20 world champions have also named Surrey’s Reece Topley in the squad following his recovery from an ankle injury, that saw him ruled out of the recent T20 World Cup.
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