England paceman Jofra Archer is just in need of some "fine-tuning" ahead of his long-awaited return to international action.
Archer has endured a torrid time with injuries across the last three years, and has not featured for England in any format since March 2021.
However, he is set to play against South Africa in a three-match ODI series, which starts in Bloemfontein on Friday.
"Hopefully it can be a repeat of 2019," Archer told reporters. "We've got again a 50-over World Cup and an Ashes in the same year so more of the same, please.
"There's no reason to look back. I've done my time and I'm here now. That's the most important thing.
"I'd probably say I'm about 80 per cent [fit]. Just some fine-tuning now.
"I know whenever I'm fully fit, I don't think there's much that can stop me, it's just a matter of when that was going to be."
Archer has warmed up for England's tour of South Africa by taking eight wickets for MI Cape Town in the SA20.
"Playing cricket again for the first time a few weeks ago, I'm still riding off that wave of emotions right now," said Archer, who is not expected to play in all three ODIs.
"Hopefully in two days it can go up another level. It's just been good to play cricket and actually not have to worry about if my body's going to give way. I think that was the most important tick for me so far."
England white-ball coach Matthew Mott is willing to be cautious with Archer's recovery.
"We will work through it with him, see how his body is coping," Mott said. "I definitely think he is a high priority and he will be managed as well as possible.
"What he is very big on is not wasting too many balls in practice. He really loves his match balls and that's a great attest of his resilience.
"We will keep talking to him about his bowling loads and how he's going."
South Africa head into the series with ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year on board, Marco Jensen.
However, only two of his 39 wickets, and 16 of his 234 runs, have come in ODIs.
Hope, Joseph shoot up ICC ODI rankings following South Africa series
West Indies captain Shai Hope and fast bowler Alzarri Joseph have made big strides in the ICC Men’s One-Day International plyer rankings, announced on Wednesday.
Following the recent series in South Africa, Hope has moved up two places in the batting to 12th position. He made a match-wining 128 not out – his 14th ODI century – in his first match as captain which the West Indies defeated the home side at Buffalo Park in East London.
Joseph made a giant leap of eight places to 11th spot after the two matches. He bowled with genuine pace and penetration and took 3-53 in East London which was followed up by 3-50 in the next match at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom. He now has an impressive record of 93 wickets in 56 matches at an average of 27 runs per wicket and strike rate of just under 31. Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein is the other West Indies bowler in the Top 20. He took 3-59 and 2-49 in the two matches to break into the top tier.
West Indies and South Africa played to a 1-1 result in the series. The first match was washed out, West Indies won the second by 48 runs while the Proteas won the third by four wickets.
The series now moves to Centurion for the first T20 International which will be played at SuperSports Park on Saturday. First ball is 2pm (8am Eastern Caribbean/7am Jamaica
Rohit retains faith in 'unfortunate' Suryakumar after golden duck hat-trick
India captain Rohit Sharma backed Suryakumar Yadav after he suffered a hat-trick of golden ducks in the ODI series loss to Australia.
A 21-run Australia victory on Wednesday saw the tourists leapfrog India at the top of the 50-over rankings, with the series defeat India's first at home since 2019.
Suryakumar's display highlighted the hosts woes, facing just three balls over the course of the series without getting his bat to any of them.
He was trapped lbw by Mitchell Starc both in India's opening win and Australia's dominant subsequent response in the second match.
There was therefore immense pressure on Suryakumar ahead of the decider in Chennai, and he was bowled by Ashton Agar.
But the batter retained the support of skipper Rohit.
"He played only three balls in the series. I don't know how much you can look into it. He got three good balls," Rohit said after the match.
"Today [Wednesday] I didn't think it was that great a ball. He just chose the wrong shot. He should have, maybe, come forward. He knows best.
"He plays spin so well, which is why we wanted to hold him back and give him that role of last 15 to 20 overs.
"But it's really unfortunate that he could only play three balls in the series. That can happen to anyone. The potential, the quality is always there. He's just going through that phase right now."
Australia hold on for ODI number one ranking and rare series win in India
Steve Smith's gamble to bat first in Chennai paid off as Australia's 21-run victory over India clinched their ODI series and the number one ranking.
Australia headed into Wednesday's third and final match with the series level at 1-1, looking to end India's best ever seven-series winning streak at home.
Brave captaincy from Smith was required to do that, with Australia batting first on a dry and soft surface and scoring 269.
No touring batsman was able to build on a strong start, but the same was then true of the India line-up – Virat Kohli leading the way on 54 but out cheaply – as their target proved just beyond them.
The two innings followed similar patterns, with Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh combining for 68 before the former was caught for 33 three balls after being dropped.
Marsh went on to score 47, but Smith was unable to contribute as he departed for a duck, while each of the next five batters passed 20 but did not reach 40.
It left Australia with a competitive score but one India would have been confident of matching after their own opening stand of 65.
Even after a pair of wickets, the home side rallied to 146-2 with Kohli in fine form.
But Adam Zampa (4-45) and Ashton Agar (2-41) worked through the middle order, meaning Kohli's surprise departure to the latter – picking out David Warner at long-off – represented a blow that ultimately cost India.
Australia bookend India's winning run
Australia's win in the second ODI had snapped India's nine-match winning run in home ODIs, and another sequence was ended on Wednesday.
This was India's first defeat in a multi-game ODI series at home since Australia beat them 3-2 back in March 2019.
Kohli's needless departure
After sharing a 69-run partnership with KL Rahul that set India back on track after two wickets, Kohli looked set to play a part in another strong stand for the fifth wicket.
But after combining for 34 with Hardik Pandya – who scored 28 of those runs off 20 balls – the great batsman gave Warner a simple, vital catch.
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