• Jonny Bairstow takes over as wicketkeeper with Taylor replacing Buttler
• Pakistan set to shuffle bowling attack after Imran Khan ruled outAlastair Cook believes James Taylor’s time as a Test cricketer has now reach before the batsman’s return to the England side following a three-year absence.
Nottinghamshire factual-hander Taylor comes in for Sunday’s third Test against Pakistan in place of the dropped wicketkeeper Jos Buttler,with Jonny Bairstow now taking the gloves for what is a must-win match whether a series defeat is to be avoided. Taylor, who won two caps against South Africa in 2012 but failed to make the winter tour to India that year, and comes in after a bumper summer in the County Championship that saw him hit a career-best 291 against Sussex in July before registering his maiden international hundred in the one-day series with Australia.
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Source: theguardian.com