Jofra Archer will return to bowling in a fortnight in a bid to prove his fitness for the Indian Premier League.
Archer, 25, remains hopeful that he will be able to play a proportion of the IPL season with Rajasthan Royals and will test out his ongoing elbow problem once he has been given the all-clear in a follow-up appointment for Monday’s hand surgery.
The operation to remove a piece of glass embedded in his right middle finger coincided with a rest period designed to let his elbow injury settle following a second cortisone injection of the year last week, and is unlikely to delay his schedule.