Archer has hand surgery following freak fish tank injury
Archer has had successful surgery to remove a piece of glass that became lodged in a finger.
LONDON (AFP) - England paceman Jofra Archer has had successful surgery to remove a piece of glass that became lodged in a finger when he smashed a fish tank while trying to clean it.
The 25-year-old played two Tests and all five Twenty20s during England s recent tour of India but was ruled out of the one-day series because of a problem with his right elbow.
While that issue remains the bigger concern, England men s managing director Ashley Giles said the finger problem, sustained in January, had been resolved.
Giles revealed the nature of the freak accident on a BBC radio show on Monday.
"This is going to sound like an awful conspiracy," Giles told the Tuffers and Vaughan programme. "He was cleaning or something at home and he s got a fish tank, dropped the fish tank, cut his hand.
"So he s been in surgery today (Monday), he s come out of it well. It was managed through India."
He added: "I think they ve found a small fragment of glass still in the tendon so it was the right thing to do."
Archer, who is a key player for England across all formats, will miss the start of the Indian Premier League, which runs from April 9 to May 30.
England face a packed schedule of matches this year including a five-Test series at home against India, a T20 World Cup in India and the Ashes in Australia.
Archer has been troubled by his elbow since 2019, missing three Tests of England s tour of South Africa in early 2020 and the T20 series that followed.
His England team-mate Ben Stokes said last week that Archer needed to get his elbow "properly sorted" to protect his long-term career.
