England vs South Africa 2017: 3rd ODI, 5 talking points

#3 Jonny Bairstow cashes in on his opportunity

Johnny Bairstow played some wonderful cricket to save England some blushes

Inspite of his spectacular form in the longer formats of the game, Jonny Bairstow has been left on the sidelines in ODI cricket courtesy a packed top order and a flamboyant wicket-keeper in Jos Buttler. The England middle-order batsmen, however, did some good work with the repair job after England were at 20/6.

He put on a 62-run stand with David Willey before another half-century partnership with Toby Roland-Jones ensued. Bairstow was his calm, steady self, negotiated the swinging and seaming ball with ease.

He stood like a rock as England recovered from an appalling start to post a score above embarrassment. Bairstow fell soon after his half-century while trying to charge Keshav Maharaj.