Well, it’s better late than never, I guess. The penny has finally dropped for the England selectors, who have at last seen fit – and finally seen the bleedingly blatant, which everyone else has been able to ascertain for many months – to install Jonny Bairstow at number three. And here he is on 42 not out. Which is 39 more runs than Moeen Ali scored in two innings of the first Test. And probably as many as the spinner scored in his previous half dozen innings at number three. Sure, Bairstow may disapprove, seeing as he still pines for the protection of the gloves behind the stumps. This is a team game though. So it’s off to the gloves of number three he goes to protect this side from any form of catastrophic collapse. With Burns and Jennings already ensconced back in the pavilion for 14 and 13 respectively, a World class number three, one would surmise, is a vital backstop for these two highly fallible openers. Afterall, Bairstow claimed the other day that not all that long ago he was one of the World’s top ten ranked batsmen. So here’s his chance to prove how good he is with timber in hand. And there isn’t much better position to do that than at Number Three. Not to mention far more satisfaction garnered from contributing to this young side’s rise out on the ground than sitting as a reserve for five days. Because Bairstow has his work cut out wrestling those wicketkeeping gloves back from Ben Foakes.