Jofra Archer will join the England Lions England cricket team in the UAE as recovery intensifies

Jofra Archer’s recovery from a long-term injury will take it to the next level in training camp with the England Lions in the UAE next month.

The speed bowler has not played any form of cricket since July 2021 and has missed the British summer with a stress fracture in his lower back, as well as a long-term elbow injury.

Archer’s prolonged will be training with bowlers Saqib Mahmood and Brydon Carse, who are also recovering from injury, as well as five members of the Test team who have not played in the T20 World Cup – James Anderson, Jamie Overton, Ollie Robinson, Jack Ritchie and Will Jacks.

Teenage leg-turner Rehan Ahmed has been called up as part of a 15-man squad that will travel to the UAE on November 6 before taking on Ben in a three-day warm-up match. Stokes’ senior England squad is used in Pakistan’s Test series.

Leicestershire rookie Ahmed, 18, has long been touted as an international honour and ended the county’s season with a maiden five and a maiden century in the same game against Derby County. This summer, he scored against England’s limited-match team at Old Trafford, where he trained one-on-one with Adil Rashid.

Haseeb Hameed, Dan Lawrence, Matthew Potts and Matthew Fisher, who have all played in the Cricket Test in 2022, are the best-known names in the Lions. Durham fast Potts is considered unfortunate not to make the full Test squad after an impressive start to his England career – 20 wickets in five appearances – and has a chance to prove when two balls The team is on 23-25 ​​November.

His fellow Seaman Fisher, who made his Test debut in Barbados in March, also has plenty to play after missing most of Yorkshire’s county season with a stress fracture.

Hamid and Lawrence take their place at the batsman, the former being waived after last winter’s Ashes, while the latter haven’t been around since Brandon McCallum and Stokes took charge of the Reds.

Somerset captain Tom Abell and Lancashire hitter Josh Bohannon are two of the more established domestic performers on the Uncapped Lions roster, while Essex pacer Sam Cook has been rewarded for his consistent quality across formats .

Jack Carson and Liam Patterson-White are listed as spinners, which appears to be bad news for Dom Bass and Matt Parkinson, whose shares appear to have fallen. Sam Conners, Tom Haines, Jack Haynes, Lyndon James and Jamie Smith completed the group stage.

Mo Bobat, ECB Performance Director, said: “It is great to be able to restart the Lions development experience, and the training camps in Dubai and Abu Dhabi provide a fantastic opportunity for a group of high-potential players.

“The selection for the training camp was done in close collaboration with the players and the county, with many players encouraged and supported to seize other opportunities at home and abroad. The training camp also supported the England men’s team in preparation for Pakistan, allowing England and Lions players to play in overseas conditions work closely together.”