“There’s no reason to look back. I’ve done my time and I’m here now. That’s the most important thing,” he said. “I’d probably say I’m about 80 per cent. Just some fine-tuning now. Just more discipline more than actual cricket stuff.
“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. Luckily everything happened a lot sooner – well, I wish it happened a lot sooner, but I’m not going to be upset or bitter about how the timing’s been. I think everything happens for a reason and I guess there’s a reason I’m here in South Africa right now.
“It looked fantastic [in SA20] but on the inside, I’m still a bit stiff and trying to take some of the rust away.”
Archer added how his six dogs back home in Barbados had helped him with his recovery.