Jofra Archer: England bowler targeting Ashes series against Australia this summer

Archer has played 13 Tests, 17 one-day internationals and 12 Twenty20s for England

England bowler Jofra Archer says helium wants to play successful this summer's Ashes bid against Australia.

Archer has been retired with elbow and backmost injuries, which led to doubts implicit his aboriginal successful the longest format.

But helium said helium is targeting the bid against Australia and wants to bash the "hard yards" to beryllium available.

"I request to walk the adjacent two, 3 oregon 4 months fine-tuning my body, making myself a spot much resilient," helium said.

"Let maine benignant that retired archetypal and past I tin look guardant to holding the reddish shot successful my manus again."

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Archer has taken 42 wickets successful 13 Tests with 3 five-wicket hauls

Archer rapidly became 1 of England's astir breathtaking gait prospects successful 2019 erstwhile helium memorably bowled the 'super over' that helped England triumph the World Cup, and made an eye-catching commencement to his Test vocation successful the Ashes aboriginal that summertime - his archetypal play successful planetary cricket.

But since aboriginal 2021 his vocation has been dogged by wounded - archetypal an elbow contented which required 2 surgeries, past a backmost accent fracture past May which ruled him retired for the season.

Archer made his competitory instrumentality to cricket earlier this month successful South Africa's Twenty20 league, impressing with 8 wickets successful 5 matches, and says helium is astatine "about 80%" of his champion form.

After the three-match bid against South Africa, which starts successful Bloemfontein connected Friday, helium volition apt play successful the Indian Premier League successful April and May, meaning his chances of playing red-ball cricket earlier the archetypal Ashes Test connected 16 June volition beryllium limited.

"I mightiness person to bash immoderate other bowling successful India during the week and that is good due to the fact that I privation to play successful the Ashes," said Archer, who has antecedently been named the IPL's astir invaluable player.

"I volition person to bash each of the hard yards that I person to bash to tick those boxes."

A acceptable and in-form Archer would beryllium a large boost to England successful a twelvemonth that includes their 50-over World Cup defence successful the autumn, arsenic good arsenic the bid to triumph the Ashes for the archetypal clip since 2015.

In his archetypal lucifer backmost for MI Cape Town helium took 3 wickets and was recorded bowling astatine 90mph.

"It's conscionable been bully to play cricket and really not person to interest astir if my body's going to springiness way," helium said.

"It looked fantastic, but connected the wrong I'm inactive a spot stiff and trying to instrumentality immoderate of the rust away.

"I'd astir apt accidental I'm astir 80%. Just immoderate fine-tuning now."

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