Jofra Archer is using his impressive white-ball performances to build his fitness and aims for a Test comeback but is not rushing it. With England managing his return carefully, Archer is focusing on taking it "series by series" for now.

Jofra Archer is quietly optimistic as he nears the end of the summer unscathed although he is reluctant to look too far ahead after years of injury torment. Archer’s latest comeback from the elbow trouble that has plagued his career since starring in England’s triumphant 2019 World Cup Cup campaign and the Ashes that followed is being meticulously managed.

Archer, 29, has been plagued by persistent elbow trouble since starring in England's victorious 2019 50-over World Cup campaign and that year's ensuing Ashes series. But such is the Barbados-born paceman's talent that England have kept faith with Archer while devising a carefully managed plan for his return as an all-format international.