FILE PHOTO: Cricket - International Twenty20 - South Africa v England - Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa - November 27, 2020 England's Jonny Bairstow in action REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
(Reuters) - Jonny Bairstow is hopeful of an England recall for the first test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Jan. 14, and could reprise the number three batting role from which he scored the last of his six test centuries in Colombo in 2018.
Bairstow is also a contender to open alongside Dom Sibley with Rory Burns having skipped the two-match tour while he awaits the birth of his first child, but it is more likely he will slot in at number three.
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