Australia have been warned they will not like Jonny Bairstow now that they have made him angry.
England’s batting hulk, and the catalyst for Bazball, has been poked by the Aussies with the way they dismissed him at Lord’s and there are few players who react quite as consistently brilliantly to adversity as Bairstow.
Whether it is returning after being dropped, reacting to a comment from the opposition, or simply raging against a perceived injustice in the world, no-one does righteous fury like Bairstow, who it is hoped can help make up for the absence of Ollie Pope who has been ruled out of the series with his shoulder injury.
