Injury-hit pace bowler Jofra Archer will play his first cricket test for England in 4 1/2 years after being selected for the third match of the series against India starting Thursday at Lord's. It was at the home of cricket where Archer exploded onto the international scene,

India have scored seven hundreds in the first two Tests, with captain Shubman Gill piling up a remarkable tally of 585 runs in four innings.

It has been the longest wait for Jofra Archer. England have played 53 Tests since February 2021, when he was last available, before a wave of elbow and back injuries so severe they would have ended the career and crushed the spirit of a man less desperate to return.