England's Archer wary of 'another stop-start year'

Since winning the World Cup with England in 2019, Archer has been plagued by injuries and last played competitively in May 2023.

A recurrence of A stress fracture in his right elbow last year has since ruled him out. .

But the fast bowler is hoping to return in time for the T20 World Cup in June.

"It's been a while and I honestly don't know if I have another stop-start year in me. That's the truth, I don't know if I have another one," he told 4Cast's Athlete's Voice podcast.

"I haven't played cricket for 12 months last year, I played from January to May.

"I think the year before I played maybe one or two games for Sussex, so you know I had a whole year of nothing."

Archer had spent almost two years without playing international cricket before appearing in four one-day internationals and three T20s between January and March 2023.

Despite this, England will be keen to have the seamer in team as they attempt to defend their T20 World Cup crown. United and the Caribbean begins June 1.