Barbados-born England cricketer Jofra Archer has finally made his return to first-class cricket for the first time in four years.

Archer is currently in action for his club Sussex against Durham in the County Championship Division One game which began on Sunday as Chester-le-Street.

At the time of publishing, Archer had taken 1-19 in 10 overs as Durham were 115-3 in their first innings replying to Sussex’s 361 off 106.5 overs.

Archer made some valuable runs during that innings with 31 off 34 balls.

The 30-year-old last played four-day cricket in May 2021 before undergoing surgery for a persistent right elbow injury.

Since then, a number of back and elbow injuries have kept Archer away from red-ball cricket, with him only playing ODIs and T20Is for the 2019 World Cup winners.

Just a few weeks ago, the 30-year-old was scheduled to make a red-ball comeback for the England Lions (A team) against India A, but a thumb injury, suffered during this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), did not heal in time.

Archer’s last Test match came in February 2021 in India, England’s opponents in the ongoing first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar home series.