Jofra Archer in England squad for second Test against India at Edgbaston

Jofra Archer is in line for a first Test appearance in more than four years after being named in England's 14-man squad for next week's match against India at Edgbaston.

The 30-year-old made a thrilling start to international cricket in 2019 but has not played a Test since 2021 after a series of injuries.

A recurring stress fracture in his elbow has required multiple operations, while a stress fracture in his back ruled him out of an entire summer in 2022. Archer returned to white-ball cricket in early 2023 but when the elbow issue returned he missed the summer once more.

Archer is the only addition to an otherwise unchanged squad from England's thrilling first-Test win at Headingley. The second Test in Birmingham begins on Wednesday.

For Archer and England this is a significant moment.

His recovery has been carefully managed - until this month a diet exclusively of white-ball cricket - in the hope he could work towards a return this summer and in the Ashes against Australia this winter.

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