• Wicketkeeper fractures top of middle finger on left hand
• Bairstow ‘hopeful’ he may still be able to bat in third Test
Injury was added to insult for England on a demoralising third day of the third Test against India in Nottingham when Jonny Bairstow sustained a fractured finger that looks set to rule him out of the final two Tests of the series.
Despite reaching the close on 23 without loss in their second innings, Joe Root’s team still face the prospect of having to bat out six more sessions at Trent Bridge to avoid a heavy defeat after they were kept in the field by India for all but nine overs of a day during which they set a world-record target of 521 to win.
Written by Chris Stocks at Trent Bridge
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/20/jonny-bairstow-final-two-tests-india-wicketkeeper-middle-finger under the title “Jonny Bairstow likely to miss last two India Tests with finger fracture”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
