Jonny Bairstow released from England squad

Bairstow released from England squad

Jonny Bairstow will be available for Yorkshire's County Championship match with Hampshire on Wednesday after being released from the England squad.

The wicket-keeper batsman has yet to feature in the one-day international series against Australia ahead of the final match at Old Trafford today.

With the Test series against South Africa on the horizon, Bairstow's release will give him the chance to find some form after he struggled on his debut against the West Indies last month.

The 22-year-old scored just 38 runs at an average of 12.66 and is now under pressure to perform following Ravi Bopara's impressive display in the recent ODIs.

In other team news, Brett Lee and Shane Watson have been ruled out for Australia due to calf injuries.

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