Fast bowler Archer will come into the team for the third Test against India at Lord’s after overcoming a battle with injuries that has lasted over four years.

It has been the longest wait for Jofra Archer. England have played 53 Tests since February 2021, when he was last available, before a wave of elbow and back injuries so severe they would have ended the career and crushed the spirit of a man less desperate to return.

Jofra Archer exploded onto the international cricket scene in the summer of 2019, starring for England in its memorable title triumph at the 50-over World Cup and then the Ashes series weeks later.