Jofra Archer's Injury Timeline

Jofra Archer is out of the English summer as he continues to struggle with his elbow injury. With a small run-up that has been used to generate a lot of pace, there were questions on his the sustainability of his action as the load on his back and elbow were pretty high.

His elbow injury first started on the India tour in 2021. He played a couple of Tests, and in the white-ball series shortly after, but the niggle started and later had led to him going on his first break. He missed out on Cricket for another twelve months with back and elbow injuries annoying him. He missed the Ashes in Australia, but was a surprise entry in the IPL Auction for IPL 2022, despite his injury leaving him in doubt for the tournament.

Despite knowing Jofra Archer will be unavailable, MI Cape Town went for him in a hope to procure his services for 2023 and 2024. A lower stress fracture further ruled him out from action throughout the 2022 English summer. Towards the end of 2022, with England touring Pakistan, Jofra Archer made a comeback for the England Lions, and looked pretty sharp as he struck Crawley on the helmet in a practice game.

He came in as a wildcard for the SA20, his first franchise appearance and was used sporadically as Archer was being phased back into competitive Cricket. The tournament worked well for him as Archer looked pretty fresh and managed to rush batters. He then went on to make his international comeback, which started poorly as South Africa took him on in the first ODI, only for Archer to take six in the Final ODI, as concerns over his workload slowly began to reduce.

Jofra Archer continued to turn up in international cricket, playing in Bangladesh as he geared up for his Mumbai debut. His debut with the Mumbai Indians did not start well though as Archer struggled for rhythm and was easy picking for Virat Kohli and Faf Du Plessis. He played a couple of games but then went on another break as the elbow issue came up again causing Archer to miss four games.

Archer did come back only to play a couple more games before being ruled out all together as England bought in Chris Jordan as his replacement. Now, after going back home in a hope of recovering for the Ashes, Jofra Archer has been hit with the news that he will not be able to make it for the English summer as the elbow continues to recover. His participation was always a doubt, but England were hoping to have him for some part of the series, especially given how he had some of the Australians under discomfort. Now though, Archer will have to wait for his Test return as he hopes to revive his international career across formats.