ENG vs SA: 5 player battles to watch out for in Test series
England and South Africa face off for a three-match Test series from August 17.
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5. Jonny Bairstow vs Marco Jansen
Jonny Bairstow is one of the most in-form batters in Test cricket at the moment, and one of the best middle-order batters, to say the least. He has been one of the most influential players in England’s series win over New Zealand and the win against India at Edgbaston.
Bairstow has a staggering record of scoring 994 runs in his last eight Test matches at an average of 76.46 and a strike rate of 76.22 with six hundreds and one fifty. He is currently among the top-ten batters in the world in the format. However, facing the tall, lanky seamer, Marco Jansen will not be an easy task for the Englishman.
Jansen poses a threat of producing extra bounce with movement to either side of the surface. Since his debut in December 2021, he has already picked up 28 wickets in five Test matches at an average of 20.35 with four five-wicket hauls.
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