“England took a calculated gamble and it hasn’t worked. In three Tests he has dropped catches, missed a stumping and can’t score any runs. It is very sad. Someone needs to be brave for him and take him out of the limelight,” Boycott wrote in his column for The Telegraph.

“He has been selected on last summer’s marvellous match-winning batting, but at this moment in time is a shadow of his best,” he added.

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However, England have retained Jonny Bairstow in the 14-man squad for next week’s fourth Test against Australia.

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