GEORGE DOBELL: When Bairstow said, after play, that it was the "hardest [Test century] so far" you felt he meant given the attack and pitch. But he could, equally, have meant given the setbacks he has endured since 2018
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Posted by Marc Evans on 07/01/2022 at 16:33
Bairstow showed in Sri Lanka that he has the temeperament to graft as well as hit, but playing 2 white ball wicketkeeper batsmen when you have a world class keeper playing for the Lions out there, who is no mug with the bat is a mystery to most. Neither Bairstow or Buttler have anything other than very ordinary test records with the bat. One could easily be dropped without hurting the batting depth atall.
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