Ashes 2017/18: Top 5 English players

WA XI v England - Two Day Tour Match
WA XI v England - two-day tour match

#4 Jonny Bairstow

England v Sri Lanka: 1st Investec Test - Day Two
The wicketkeeper-batsman has been doing wonders with the bat in recent times

Bairstow has become the first-choice wicketkeeper for England. He has had a good run with both bat and gloves, notching 1,470 runs and 70 dismissals in 2016 - the most by a wicketkeeper in a calendar year. Averaging just under 40, he is a mainstay of England's middle order.

He has the ability to accelerate the innings when required, and his form in the Ashes will be crucial to England's batting scoreline.

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