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England fast bowler Jofra Archer says he wants to play in the 2025-26 Ashes series in Australia as he plots his return to Test cricket.<\/b><\/p>\n
Archer has not featured in the longer format since February 2021 having been hampered by back and elbow injuries over the last three years.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old played a full part in England’s recent T20 World Cup campaign, however, which has raised hopes his injury problems could finally be behind him.<\/p>\n
Archer’s pace on traditionally bouncy Australian pitches would be a major asset to England captain Ben Stokes’ bid to regain the urn.<\/p>\n
England will continue to take a cautious approach with their management of Archer’s workloads and he will not play any red-ball cricket in 2024.<\/p>\n
“I am going to use the rest of this year to make sure that is at least a possibility,” Archer said, when discussing the next Ashes tour.<\/p>\n
“I’m tired of going on Instagram and seeing posts saying ‘he’s going to be on the physio’s bed in the next two weeks’ and stuff like that.<\/p>\n
“I want to spend the rest of the year proving some people wrong and hopefully play in another Ashes.”<\/p>\n
Archer was a star of England’s 2019 World Cup-winning campaign, bowling the super over in the final victory against New Zealand.<\/p>\n
Later that summer the Sussex man bowled with ferocious hostility on his Ashes debut at Lord’s, striking a blow to Steve Smith that led to one of Australia’s premier batters having to be withdrawn because of a concussion.<\/p>\n
England managing director Rob Key said in April that next year’s home Test series against India was a realistic goal for Archer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking as part of the BBC TV coverage of the opening match of The Hundred, Archer also signalled his intention to play first-class cricket early next summer.<\/p>\n “I will manage myself as best as possible and get myself [through] until at least maybe the start of the Championship next year,” Archer explained.<\/p>\n “I’ll probably play a few of those [games] and keep building up and getting that workload ready for Test cricket.”<\/p>\n He is set to make his long-awaited debut in The Hundred when the Southern Brave play London Spirit at Southampton on Wednesday.<\/p>\n He added: “I am feeling good and want to get some games in. I am going to enjoy this little phase of some white-ball cricket.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n