The nations go head to head in Mumbai and then Paris at the cricket and rugby World Cups on Saturday.
Jonny Bairstow is relishing his role in a rare World Cup double as England and South Africa prepare for high-stakes battles on the cricket pitch and the rugby field within a matter of hours on Saturday.
Now he hopes to set the tone for a day of English celebrations by the time Steve Borthwick’s men kick off. “You’ll have people in South Africa, I’m sure, having a few brandy and Cokes and a couple of braais , and you’ll have a few in England popping down the pub and watching – any excuse for them to just pop down there!Bairstow can only directly impact one of them, of course, and the importance of his role at the top of the batting order is shaping up to be a key one.
But he is clear that swinging blindly for the fences is not on the cards, with conditions in India calling for more nuance.“I don’t see anyone else in the world going out and scoring at nine runs an over. You look at India, they don’t go out and just go balls to the wall in the first 10 and they’re the host nation,” he said.
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