Jonny Bairstow's surgeon has admitted that he feared the England cricket star would never play again following his freak golf course injury last year.
The 33-year-old slipped walking to the third tee of the Pannal course in Harrogate last September and broke 'multiple bones in his leg and his ankle'.
He missed out on a lucrative Indian Premier League deal but defied expectations by making England's Ashes squad.
It has been a mixed series for Bairstow, though he impressed at Old Trafford in the fourth Test last week by scoring a 99 not out.