Jonny Bairstow determined to seize Test chance batting at No 3 in Sri Lanka

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Jonny Bairstow appears set to make his Test return at No 3 next week and will do so believing there are “plenty more runs left in the tank” to offer England in the longest format.

Bairstow, 31, has spent a year out of the Test side after struggling to merge his compelling white-ball form with the tighter defence required against the red, and seeing his preferred spot behind the stumps given to Jos Buttler.

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