England urged to be patient with Archer for second India Test
Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace had a good view of Archer's red-ball return and the highly-rated mentor echoed Vaughan's sentiments upon erring on the side of caution with the right-armer's immediate return to the Test arena.
England play the second most amount of matches during this ICC World Test Championship cycle and have a highly-anticipated five-match Ashes series at the end of this year to consider when plotting Archer's return.
"He bowled with good pace, good accuracy and his body's in good shape which is fantastic," Farbrace said of Archer's efforts against Durham.
"We would all love to see Jofra playing for England because he makes England a much better team, and he would give them a much better chance of winning the big series.
"But let's look after him, let's be careful with him. The conversation we'd had (with England) was that he would play in this game, and then we'd reassess.
"All I will report back to them is that he bowled nicely, he looks like he's in good rhythm, he's bowled 18 overs and it's up to them whether they pick him."
The second Test between England and India commences in Birmingham from July 2.
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