Jofra Archer is in the frame to play in the second Test against India at Edgbaston next month, according to England 's national selector, Luke Wright, assuming he is able to prove his fitness when Sussex play Durham at Chester-le-Street in a fortnight's time.

Archer, 30, has not played first-class cricket for more than four years due to a succession of injury issues, including multiple surgeries on his troublesome right elbow and a stress fracture of his back.

He had been earmarked for a red-ball comeback for England Lions, against India A in this week's second unofficial Test, but was sidelined due to ligament damage in his thumb , sustained while fielding in the IPL last month.

Now, however, he is approaching a return to action, and with England facing a defining eight months o

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