Jofra's Ashes bid faces the elbow

TEST FUTURE IN BALANCE

- DEAN WILSON

JUST four short years on from spearheading England's victorious World Cup campaign, Archer's future as an national fast bowler is in the balance.

Jofra interIt is not just because he has returned home early from this season's IPL after playing five matches with a bout of surgery sandwiched in the middle.

Nor is it because there is any doubt about the quality he possesses when his body allows him to crank up the pace and make life difficult for the best in the world.

It is simply that his right elbow, upon which his career as a premier fast bowler hinges, cannot be relied on to look after him, despite the way he has tried to look after it.