Archer has India in his sights after too long out

ENGLAND captain Ben Stokes says Jofra Archer is "absolutely desperate" to face India this summer, resuming a Test career that has been on hold for more than four years.

- By RORY DOLLARD

England looked to have discovered a generational talent when the Barbados-born paceman burst on to the international scene in 2019, but he has been beset by a litany of injury problems and played the last of his 13 Tests in February 2021.

It is hoped he will make his first-class return for Sussex against Durham on Sunday - part of a plan that could see him restored to Stokes' squad at some point during a five-match series which begins at Headingley today.