Jonny Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow struck two hundreds in the rescheduled final Test against India, helping guide England to a brilliant seven-wicket win.

It's great fun and it's great to see someone I've known from being 12 years old, start to realise his true potential in this format of the game." It's certainly exciting to play in and we'll have a bit of craic along the way." It's been tough on me but the last few months have been fantastic."

LAWRENCE BOOTH: England completed a sensational victory over India at Edgbaston on Tuesday after completing a record chase of 378 - with Bairstow and Root ...

Was hit about by Pant on the opening day – not for the first time. And to think England dropped him for the Caribbean. Received a first-innings brute from Siraj, but batted like a deity in the run-chase – and even reverse-scooped Thakur for six. Keeps blowing hot and cold – not helped by a wild drive in the first innings. Other than imbuing his players with an endless supply of confidence, he bowled the spell in India’s second innings that kept England in the hunt. The world is his oyster.

Ben Stokes hailed the brilliance of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root as England's two finest exponents of 'Bazball' steered their side to a phenomenal ...

The clarity he’s been given has just really helped him go out and do what he’s done over the last five weeks. ‘He has embraced it and just gone out and there and done it. He has got runs but it is the way that he has done it – it’s exactly what we talk about.

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow both scored majestic hundreds as England made history in successfully chasing 378 to win the rescheduled fifth LV= Insurance ...

The biggest battle of the day ultimately proved to be the one between Root and Bairstow as to who would bring up their century first, with Root winning out as he notched his 28th in Test cricket, bringing it up in 136 balls, before then playing some increasingly audacious shots - including another remarkable reverse-ramp for six - as the required runs were rapidly ticked off. England needed 119 further runs to pull off their highest-ever successful run chase in Test cricket on the final morning, but rather than being a nerve-wracking affair, Root (142no) and Bairstow (114no) made a mockery of the target, guiding England home inside 20 overs. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow both scored majestic hundreds as England made history in successfully chasing 378 to win the rescheduled fifth LV= Insurance Test against India at Edgbaston and draw the series 2-2.

Jonny Bairstow also tackled the incoming ball from a full-length well — the delivery that troubled him in the first part of the series against India played ...

As he took to the air in his familiar style, punching his bat and fist after reaching his ton, the redheaded Bairstow – nicknamed Ron Weasley after the Harry Potter character – creased into a most lovely smile. Just one thing remained to be watched in the Test against India. How does he play the incoming ball from a full length, the delivery that troubled him in the first part of the series played last year. Such was his confidence that even if it was on the off-stump line, he would try to tap it away for a single. Once Kohli stirred him with some verbals – and he would have probably gone after the lesser bowlers anyway after the spells of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami had ended, he morphed into this free-flowing walloper of the cricket ball. You just have to flick it,” Bairstow told Sky Sports after a scintillating ton in the run chase against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. “And listen to people who matter to you. Till the last day of the Edgbaston Test, the Indians tried to probe that line but Bairstow wasn’t ruffled. He had started to hit the ball so hard that I thought I needed a helmet.” It was clear Bairstow wasn’t going to be content playing for the county. I have gone back to young Jonny when he was watching the ball and hitting the ball. 2017 WACA at Perth, Australia: An injury to Jos Buttler opens the door for Bairstow. “Australia had the fastest recorded average for a bowling attack, 142.9 kmph,” Bairstow would say. He hit one ball so high and hard that it punched a hole in the wall behind me. He had copped a ferocious blow to the chest by a Kemar Roach bouncer. “First, the problem had to be identified.

England marched to a remarkable fourth successive victory under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, with Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow providing a stunning ...

This was his third Test century of the summer, fourth century of a series that started last year, and fifth century of 2022. Bairstow had to watch on, patiently, and by the time he reached his century (from 138 balls), Root had 135 and England needed just 21 to win. An over later, Bairstow flayed three violent fours from Mohammed Siraj, through the offside, down the ground, then through midwicket. This morning, England took 39 runs from the first six overs, with Bairstow the initial aggressor. Alex Lees and Zak Crawley got them cracking with England’s fastest-ever century stand for the opening wicket, then Root and Bairstow put on their latest masterclass after three wickets well for two runs in 16 balls either side of tea. Afterwards, Root spoke of the confidence coursing through the team.

Bairstow helped fire England to another victory on Tuesday with his fourth hundred in five innings.

However, it might not have always been like this for Bairstow, with him having spent eight years in the academy at Leeds United as a youngster. He used to fly in like he does now for Spurs.” He is arguably the player who has thrived most under the new era of Brendon McCullum as coach, and Ben Stokes as captain, with the duo having adapted a far more aggressive approach than in recent years.

England National Cricket Team explosive batter Jonny Bairstow smashed a remarkable century in the second innings of the 5th and final Test match against ...

A man with the golden touch.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/WG8LmpNxuD — Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)July 5, 2022 — Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)July 5, 2022 — Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)July 5, 2022 — CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)July 5, 2022 — KSR (@KShriniwasRao)July 5, 2022 What a show!#ENGvsIND #testcricket #whatawin A month ago, neither Joe Root nor Jonny Bairstow had a fourth innings hundred in Test cricket. Little else to say about Root’s imperiousness but the summer belongs to Bairstow. Some absolutely brilliant batting on viewing, a clear mindset, playing his best game. Also, Jonny Bairstow is the highest run-getter in Test cricket in the year 2022. — David (@CricketFreakD)July 5, 2022

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It is a shot he has added to his already broad repertoire this summer but every time it makes an appearance, it leaves jaws on the floor. Root was initially content to rotate the strike with singles and had a moment of minor fortune when an under-edge skimmed past his stumps, past the wicketkeeper and away for four more. Their previous record pursuit came three years ago when Stokes produced an Ashes miracle at Headingley to reel in 359. Bairstow beat Root into the 90s but was overtaken again when the former skipper pocketed consecutive boundaries from Bumrah, one chivvied down to third man and the other pinged to deep midwicket. This was nominally a series decider, held over from 2021 after a Covid postponement last September, but while victory squares the scoreline at 2-2 it barely seems fair to tether this England side to the past. Bairstow made 114 not out for his second hundred of the match and his sixth this year, continuing a purple patch that has redefined his whole career, while Root’s 142 not out was yet another masterclass that took him to 28 Test tons.

England has completed its greatest ever fourth innings comeback, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow both recording centuries to stun India in the fifth Test at ...

The all-time record belongs to the West Indies’ 418 against Australia at Antigua in 2003, while the highest in England remains Australia’s 404 at Headingley in 1948. It was the fourth time England has chased 275-plus to win this year alone - something which has happened 57 times all-up in Test cricket. The win in the long-delayed series finale allowed England to draw it overall 2-2.

Root's 142* was his fifth Test century of the year. Needing 119 more runs to register its highest successful run chase of 378 in Test cricket, England cruised ...

England cruised home to secure one of their most famous Test run chases to date courtesy of centuries from Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root.

England were once more at their 'Bazball' best in the rescheduled fifth Test against India, chasing down their highest score in Test cricket of 378 on the ...

He may have lost the race with Root to reach three figures on the final morning, but he nosed ahead of his great mate 6-5 in terms of tons in 2022. Bairsow's first-innings 106 bailed the hosts out of trouble after they'd slipped to 83-5 in response to India's 416, while his 114 not out in the second was no less impressive as England cantered to victory. As has been the case for Anderson's fine efforts throughout the summer. He was certainly guilty of doing that in the first innings. In the face of some fine Indian bowling, it looked anything but Billings' third Test cap. He has, however, also developed a far happier knack for getting the opposition's key batsmen out. Indulge me in some stats for a second: Root averaged 105.28 across the entire five-match series (the first four played in 2021), while he has improved that mark to 113.80 in the four Tests so far this summer. "I would tell Ben that he doesn't need to try and prove a point by being ultra-aggressive. He has five hundreds already for the calendar year - the England record which he jointly holds is six - and 11 total since the start 2021 when his purple patch really took hold. "If Crawley leaves like he has today, he will have a much longer Test career." But he put the shot away second time round, displaying far better judgement outside his off stump, leaving superbly well, to prompt Nasser's praise. I want to score big hundreds."

Jonny Bairstow also tackled the incoming ball from a full-length well — the delivery that troubled him in the first part of the series against India played ...

As he took to the air in his familiar style, punching his bat and fist after reaching his ton, the redheaded Bairstow – nicknamed Ron Weasley after the Harry Potter character – creased into a most lovely smile. Just one thing remained to be watched in the Test against India. How does he play the incoming ball from a full length, the delivery that troubled him in the first part of the series played last year. Such was his confidence that even if it was on the off-stump line, he would try to tap it away for a single. Once Kohli stirred him with some verbals – and he would have probably gone after the lesser bowlers anyway after the spells of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami had ended, he morphed into this free-flowing walloper of the cricket ball. You just have to flick it,” Bairstow told Sky Sports after a scintillating ton in the run chase against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. “And listen to people who matter to you. Till the last day of the Edgbaston Test, the Indians tried to probe that line but Bairstow wasn’t ruffled. He had started to hit the ball so hard that I thought I needed a helmet.” It was clear Bairstow wasn’t going to be content playing for the county. I have gone back to young Jonny when he was watching the ball and hitting the ball. 2017 WACA at Perth, Australia: An injury to Jos Buttler opens the door for Bairstow. “Australia had the fastest recorded average for a bowling attack, 142.9 kmph,” Bairstow would say. He hit one ball so high and hard that it punched a hole in the wall behind me. He had copped a ferocious blow to the chest by a Kemar Roach bouncer. “First, the problem had to be identified.

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow crafted centuries to make light work of what was England's highest successful run chase in Tests to level the five-match series ...

India had a reason for some optimism when they jogged out on Day 5, as the conditions were overcast and the floodlights turned on. A nice quiet evening ahead for Jonny Bairstow 😅 pic.twitter.com/fWTbSNKKkN July 5, 2022 Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow crafted centuries to make light work of what was England's highest successful run chase in Tests to level the five-match series 2-2 against India. After having reigned supreme in the final session's play on Day 4, the duo carried on with an air of assurance in the morning session of Day 5 when India's bowlers just couldn't find a way through the Yorkshire pair.

England cruised home to secure one of their most famous Test run chases to date courtesy of centuries from Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root.

Attacked in the first innings by Pant, who loves taking him down. Took some frightful first innings tap from Jasprit Bumrah, but picked a couple of handy wickets up in the second. Frustrating dismissal in the first innings and irritating to run Lees out. Some of England’s tactics are frustrating, but they generally work in the end. Desperate first innings dismissal, the latest in a long line. Lees is going nicely, and really set the tone in the second innings.

Bairstow is playing so well he has put Joe Root in the shade, which takes some doing given his team-mate is also in sizzling form.

That involves taking more risks, but it reduces the time you have to bat against a quality attack so there is a mathematical gain. Stokes and Brendon McCullum are asking the batsmen to go about things in a totally different way to conventional Test thinking. For them to walk into the dressing room and all of a sudden it feels fun again is great. When you’re not in that state of mind you worry about the pitch, the opposition, what people are saying, how many runs you are scoring, all sorts of things. The leadership group just wants them to go out there, give it a crack, be aggressive and see what happens. When you’re feeling good, everything just seems slower because of the stillness and clarity you have.

The Yorkshire pair put on an unbroken 269 in an England-record run chase of 378 for three.

In total he has 2,635 runs at 61.27 since the start of last year, with 11 hundreds and five fifties. He made 154 and 30 against New Zealand then 333 and 123 in an astonishing Lord’s Test against India, following up with 116 at Old Trafford. Sharma missed the fifth Test due to Covid-19. Nobody has ever made five hundreds in six England innings. Earlier hundreds against Australia in January and the Windies in March give Bairstow six in eight Tests this year – as many as he had made in his 79 Tests up to the end of 2021. Bairstow has emerged as the face of Brendon McCullum’s England revolution, first against New Zealand and now in the series-saving catch-up Test against India.