Jonny Bairstow has been England’s star man this year, with the 32-year-old scoring 1,061 runs and six centuries in 10 Tests. What’s more, he remains a key part of England’s white-ball teams and, earlier on Friday, was named in the squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia.
However, just a few days shy of the third and final test with South Africa, as well as a few months before the World Cup gets underway, Bairstow won’t be featuring following a freak accident on the golf course…