• Bairstow set to return for
South Africa Tests after being dropped• ‘He can go on and make really big scores,’ says England’s captainJoe Root believes Jonny Bairstow can become one of the leading Test batsmen in the world as he flies out to South Africa before a swift return to England’s squad.
Bairstow, 30, was left out of the Tests in
New Zealand following a low-key Ashes series by way of runs, and told he should push his case for a recall as a specialist batsman with Jos Buttler handed the wicketkeeping gloves.