Dane Vilas was called up on first morning of Test and will not forget his Test but Jonny Bairstow equalled an outmoded markAt 7.30am,600 miles from the Wanderers, in Port Elizabeth on the eastern Cape, and a bleary-eyed Dane Vilas received a phone call from the South African management.
The wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock had suffered a freak injury while walking his dogs – two jack russells – on Wednesday and,after his knee had swollen up overnight, a replacement was needed behind the stumps in Johannesburg, and sharpish.
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Source: theguardian.com