Fast bowler Jofra Archer has returned to the 14-member England squad alongside James Anderson and Mark Wood for the series-deciding third and final Test against the West Indies starting at the Old Trafford here on Friday.
The 25-year-old Archer was dropped from the second Test for breaching the Covid-19 bio-secure protocol and slapped with a financial penalty of an undisclosed amount.
While Archer was dropped from the series-levelling second Test, Anderson and Wood were rested from the game.
Archer, Anderson and Wood will compete with the pace trio of Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Sam Curran for places in England’s playing XI.
It will be interesting to see England’s pace attack for the third Test as the trio of Broad, Curran and Woakes has performed well in the second Test.