Toughness Of Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow is an English cricketer who've played for England in international cricket and Yorkshire in first-class cricket. He was born in a family that brought up Cricket to symbolize themselves. Jonny's father David Leslie Bairstow was also a cricketer who've played for England and Yorkshire. Jonny's half brother Andrew Bairstow started playing for Worcestershire in second division and ended up playing first-class for Derbyshire. Even though Bairstow family has the passion, determination and tradition to play Cricket, Jonny Bairstow had to lead a very tough life from the very beginning of his life. When he was only 8 years old, his father David had to suicide due to depression which led them to poverty. Jonny had to lead his life with struggle and pain which helped him build a stiff mindset of reaching his goal. He started his first-class career by playing for Yorkshire and had his debut at 2009 against Somerset. After playing Cricket professionally for 2 years, he got himself inducted into national team. He had his international debut at 2011 against India in Cardiff. He currently holds the record of most dismissals in a calendar year (70 dismissals) as a wicket keeper. He also holds the record of most runs scored in a calendar year by a wicket keeper in Test format (he scored 1,470 runs in 2016, almost doubled Matt Prior's previous record of 777 runs). In his last ODI match against Scotland, he scored his 3rd consecutive century and 5th in his ODI career. Although England have lost the match very unexpectedly, it was definitely a memorable event for Bairstow to be a part of history as he's the first English batsman to reach this milestone. This is Mashhud Hasan from Frenzyweb360 and today I'm going to write about Jonny Bairstow's career that symbolizes toughness, struggle and hard work.
Jonny Bairstow got added for the first time in English squad at 2011 ahead of their ODI match against Ireland. He didn't get the chance of playing for the final XI but it didn't take much time for him to have his international debut. England gave him a chance at the 5th ODI of their series against India at Cardiff. Jonny Bairstow used the most of it. Scored a hard hitting innings of 41* runs out of only 21 balls which sealed a D/L method win for England and Bairstow was awarded the man of the match. Very soon he had his T20I debut. He had his first international fifty against Pakistan at 2012. In the 2nd T20I match against Pakistan at Arab Emirates tour, he scored 60*(46) and was awarded man of the match. He got the chance to play in T20 World-cup 2012 in Sri Lanka. He didn't perform well and soon got replaced by Jos Buttler in limited overs cricket. Buttler got the role of wicket-keeping and England used Bairstow as a specialist batsman. Bairstow got out of England's ODI team due to inconsistency with the bat. After 3 years lay off in 2015, he finally got the opportunity of playing in ODI format and bounced back very strongly by scoring a match winning 83*(60) against New Zealand. Comparing to other formats, Bairstow's beginning in Test format was pretty consistent. His debut Test series against West Indies wasn't sharp enough but he proved his worth in this format by scoring 95 runs out of 196 balls against South Africa at Lord's in Basil D'Oliveira Trophy. But he was taking long time to score a big hundred that can enlighten himself in Cricket world. Finally he targeted South Africa in 2016 and scored 150*(190) in Cape town. Unfortunate for him, Ben Stokes scored 258 in that same innings and got all the spotlight over him. Bairstow found another opportunity at the 1st Invested Test match against Sri Lanka at Leeds. In that test match, he scored a match saving 140 runs out of 183 balls and was awarded as the man of the match for the first time in Test career. After that, he didn't have to look back and kept improving and scoring runs match by match.
Even though Bairstow was pretty consistent in staying included in England's Test playing squad, he wasn't able to deliver any significant performance in the beginning years of his Test career. He finished his first calendar year in test by scoring 196 runs out of 7 innings with an average of 32.66 that included 2 fifties. In his first 4 years, he played 21 Test matches and scored 965 runs out of 36 innings with an average of 28.38 (including 6 fifties and yet not scoring a hundred). He was scoring runs consistently but wasn't enough to keep himself up in England's Test squad as there were many middle-order options. He needed to convert his fifties into centuries which he used to failed in that 4 years period. He needed to score tons of runs and he finally chose 2016 as a year to do that.He started that year by scoring his first international century. In that same year he scored his highest Test innings (167* out of 251 balls against Sri Lanka at Lord's). He had to grow that innings by running between the wickets for most part of the time. He scored only 7 boundaries in total. Cover drive was his most productive shot that helped him produce few eye-catching boundaries. By driving through the point against Eranga's outside off-stump delivery, he reached his 7th half century. Then later he ended up converting it into a century and reached his ton by flicking Herath's arm ball. It is still now his only century at Lord's. Bairstow ended that calendar year by scoring 1,470 runs out of 17 matches (29 innings) with a brilliant average of 58.80 (includes 3 centuries, 8 fifties & 2 man of the match awards). In the next year he scored another century against Australia at Perth. In that year, he scored an innings of 99 runs against South Africa at Manchester and very unfortunately got out when he was just 1 runs away from his 4th Test century. He's having good time this year but didn't perform as expected in the Pakistan series. Still he has managed to bring up his 5th Test century and his 1st century of this year by scoring a knock of 101 runs out of 170 balls against New Zealand at Christchurch. Overall in Test Cricket, he showed consistency, patience and passion that have enlightened his career. He has played a total of 54 Test matches (93 innings) and scored 3,341 runs at an average of 38.40 & this includes 5 centuries and 17 fifties. Particularly in Test format, he didn't perform well enough in the top order. But his stats in middle/lower middle order are very good. In no. 6 and 7 position, he has scored 2,614 runs with an average of 42.16 and all of his centuries were scored by batting at these positions. He is also the permanent wicket keeper of England in this format. This longer version of Cricket is the format that helped Bairstow clinch his reputation. England is definitely looking forward to get consistent performances from him in this format.
In ODI career, Bairstow has a two different part. pre-2015 and post-2015. He had his ODI debut in 2011 but after the home series against South Africa at 2012, he got cut off from the ODI squad. In his first 7 ODI matches, he scored 119 runs. This includes a match winning knock of 41* runs though but his average of 23.80 at that moment didn't seem to be good enough to keep himself up for the ODI team. After 3 years lay off, he got the opportunity again at 2015 against New Zealand at Chester-le-Street. He got absolutely changed and his batting capabilities got improved a lot. Since 2015, he has played a total of 36 matches and scored 1,437 runs at a mammoth average of 55.26, strike-rate of 102.35 and this includes 5 centuries & 6 fifties. He scored 56 against India at Kolkata in 2017 which was his first ODI fifty on the Asian turf. Played extremely well in his first ODI at Lord's, scored 72*(44) against Ireland. He scored 51 against South Africa in his 2nd appearance at Lord's. Putting himself in the opening position is the biggest career changing decision for him. Bairstow got his first chance for the opening was against Pakistan at the Champions Trophy 2017. He scored 43 runs in that match and proved some worth. But he still got a lot of stuffs to get unveiled inside of him. He had his first ODI century against West Indies in Manchester at the 1st ODI match of the 5-match series. He scored 100* out of just 97 balls to seal the 7 wicket victory for England. After Alex Hales getting dismissed for 19 runs, Bairstow built a massive partnership of 125 runs with Joe Root. Then West Indies deliver two quick blows by dismissing Joe Root and Eoin Morgan within short moment. But it didn't stop England as Bairstow was still there on the crease and he ended up finishing the match with Ben Stokes. In that same series, he scored another century. In 5th ODI, West Indies gave England a challenging target of 289 runs which England reached with ease by conceding only 1 wicket. Bairstow built an opening partnership of 156 runs with Jason Roy where Roy contributed 96 runs. After Roy got dismissed by Miguel Cummins, Bairstow started playing strokes and slogs. He scored 141* runs out of 114 balls and finished the match with Joe Root. This year Bairstow is having the best time of his ODI career. This year he scored 564 runs with an average of 51.27 which includes 3 centuries and a fifty. His strike-rate has been increasing match by match. This year he became the first Englishman and 9th batsman in Cricket history to have 3 consecutive hundreds in ODI. He played extra ordinarily well against New Zealand. He ended the ODI series by scoring 138 runs at Dunedin and 104 at Christchurch. In his last ODI match against Scotland, he scored his 3rd century on the trot. Scotland threw a mammoth target of 372 runs. Even though England have lost the match, But Bairstow scored 105 runs out of only 59 balls. He reached his century by facing only 54 balls which was the 3rd quickest hundred in England's ODI history.
At the beginning of Bairstow's career, he was mostly known as a middle/lower middle order batsman who can swing the situation of the match with his slogging capabilities. But soon team managements, coaches and captain realized that he can bat for long time purposes and can be utilized for the opening position. Bairstow has played a total of 17 matches in opening and scored 909 runs with a Bradman alike average of 64.92 & all of his centuries were scored at this position. Bairstow is very cunning against the swing of new balls. He extends his bat a lot at the back-lift that helps him generate more power. His front-on batting action helps him execute drives very well. That's how he plays cover drives, off-drives, square drives so well and placements are always precise. He also plays reverse sweeps and slog sweeps with precise timing. His footwork is always impressive. He doesn't really engage his head to read-off bowling closely (a thing that Kevin Pietersen used to do mostly) but his shot selections are impressive. He proved his worth in Test format long ago. Showed his class in ODI format as well. He has a long lasting cardio and durable conditioning that helps him bat for long period. His stroke playing capability helps him play shots and gain boundaries. He's a complete batsman and definitely an elite level opener. England will have a busy year. They'll start their ODI series against Australia today. They also have ODI, T20I & Test series against India in their home. Sri Lanka will also come after India challenge. England is definitely anticipating to get benefited by Bairstow's consistency and his knack of scoring runs.
Jonny Bairstow got added for the first time in English squad at 2011 ahead of their ODI match against Ireland. He didn't get the chance of playing for the final XI but it didn't take much time for him to have his international debut. England gave him a chance at the 5th ODI of their series against India at Cardiff. Jonny Bairstow used the most of it. Scored a hard hitting innings of 41* runs out of only 21 balls which sealed a D/L method win for England and Bairstow was awarded the man of the match. Very soon he had his T20I debut. He had his first international fifty against Pakistan at 2012. In the 2nd T20I match against Pakistan at Arab Emirates tour, he scored 60*(46) and was awarded man of the match. He got the chance to play in T20 World-cup 2012 in Sri Lanka. He didn't perform well and soon got replaced by Jos Buttler in limited overs cricket. Buttler got the role of wicket-keeping and England used Bairstow as a specialist batsman. Bairstow got out of England's ODI team due to inconsistency with the bat. After 3 years lay off in 2015, he finally got the opportunity of playing in ODI format and bounced back very strongly by scoring a match winning 83*(60) against New Zealand. Comparing to other formats, Bairstow's beginning in Test format was pretty consistent. His debut Test series against West Indies wasn't sharp enough but he proved his worth in this format by scoring 95 runs out of 196 balls against South Africa at Lord's in Basil D'Oliveira Trophy. But he was taking long time to score a big hundred that can enlighten himself in Cricket world. Finally he targeted South Africa in 2016 and scored 150*(190) in Cape town. Unfortunate for him, Ben Stokes scored 258 in that same innings and got all the spotlight over him. Bairstow found another opportunity at the 1st Invested Test match against Sri Lanka at Leeds. In that test match, he scored a match saving 140 runs out of 183 balls and was awarded as the man of the match for the first time in Test career. After that, he didn't have to look back and kept improving and scoring runs match by match.
Even though Bairstow was pretty consistent in staying included in England's Test playing squad, he wasn't able to deliver any significant performance in the beginning years of his Test career. He finished his first calendar year in test by scoring 196 runs out of 7 innings with an average of 32.66 that included 2 fifties. In his first 4 years, he played 21 Test matches and scored 965 runs out of 36 innings with an average of 28.38 (including 6 fifties and yet not scoring a hundred). He was scoring runs consistently but wasn't enough to keep himself up in England's Test squad as there were many middle-order options. He needed to convert his fifties into centuries which he used to failed in that 4 years period. He needed to score tons of runs and he finally chose 2016 as a year to do that.He started that year by scoring his first international century. In that same year he scored his highest Test innings (167* out of 251 balls against Sri Lanka at Lord's). He had to grow that innings by running between the wickets for most part of the time. He scored only 7 boundaries in total. Cover drive was his most productive shot that helped him produce few eye-catching boundaries. By driving through the point against Eranga's outside off-stump delivery, he reached his 7th half century. Then later he ended up converting it into a century and reached his ton by flicking Herath's arm ball. It is still now his only century at Lord's. Bairstow ended that calendar year by scoring 1,470 runs out of 17 matches (29 innings) with a brilliant average of 58.80 (includes 3 centuries, 8 fifties & 2 man of the match awards). In the next year he scored another century against Australia at Perth. In that year, he scored an innings of 99 runs against South Africa at Manchester and very unfortunately got out when he was just 1 runs away from his 4th Test century. He's having good time this year but didn't perform as expected in the Pakistan series. Still he has managed to bring up his 5th Test century and his 1st century of this year by scoring a knock of 101 runs out of 170 balls against New Zealand at Christchurch. Overall in Test Cricket, he showed consistency, patience and passion that have enlightened his career. He has played a total of 54 Test matches (93 innings) and scored 3,341 runs at an average of 38.40 & this includes 5 centuries and 17 fifties. Particularly in Test format, he didn't perform well enough in the top order. But his stats in middle/lower middle order are very good. In no. 6 and 7 position, he has scored 2,614 runs with an average of 42.16 and all of his centuries were scored by batting at these positions. He is also the permanent wicket keeper of England in this format. This longer version of Cricket is the format that helped Bairstow clinch his reputation. England is definitely looking forward to get consistent performances from him in this format.
In ODI career, Bairstow has a two different part. pre-2015 and post-2015. He had his ODI debut in 2011 but after the home series against South Africa at 2012, he got cut off from the ODI squad. In his first 7 ODI matches, he scored 119 runs. This includes a match winning knock of 41* runs though but his average of 23.80 at that moment didn't seem to be good enough to keep himself up for the ODI team. After 3 years lay off, he got the opportunity again at 2015 against New Zealand at Chester-le-Street. He got absolutely changed and his batting capabilities got improved a lot. Since 2015, he has played a total of 36 matches and scored 1,437 runs at a mammoth average of 55.26, strike-rate of 102.35 and this includes 5 centuries & 6 fifties. He scored 56 against India at Kolkata in 2017 which was his first ODI fifty on the Asian turf. Played extremely well in his first ODI at Lord's, scored 72*(44) against Ireland. He scored 51 against South Africa in his 2nd appearance at Lord's. Putting himself in the opening position is the biggest career changing decision for him. Bairstow got his first chance for the opening was against Pakistan at the Champions Trophy 2017. He scored 43 runs in that match and proved some worth. But he still got a lot of stuffs to get unveiled inside of him. He had his first ODI century against West Indies in Manchester at the 1st ODI match of the 5-match series. He scored 100* out of just 97 balls to seal the 7 wicket victory for England. After Alex Hales getting dismissed for 19 runs, Bairstow built a massive partnership of 125 runs with Joe Root. Then West Indies deliver two quick blows by dismissing Joe Root and Eoin Morgan within short moment. But it didn't stop England as Bairstow was still there on the crease and he ended up finishing the match with Ben Stokes. In that same series, he scored another century. In 5th ODI, West Indies gave England a challenging target of 289 runs which England reached with ease by conceding only 1 wicket. Bairstow built an opening partnership of 156 runs with Jason Roy where Roy contributed 96 runs. After Roy got dismissed by Miguel Cummins, Bairstow started playing strokes and slogs. He scored 141* runs out of 114 balls and finished the match with Joe Root. This year Bairstow is having the best time of his ODI career. This year he scored 564 runs with an average of 51.27 which includes 3 centuries and a fifty. His strike-rate has been increasing match by match. This year he became the first Englishman and 9th batsman in Cricket history to have 3 consecutive hundreds in ODI. He played extra ordinarily well against New Zealand. He ended the ODI series by scoring 138 runs at Dunedin and 104 at Christchurch. In his last ODI match against Scotland, he scored his 3rd century on the trot. Scotland threw a mammoth target of 372 runs. Even though England have lost the match, But Bairstow scored 105 runs out of only 59 balls. He reached his century by facing only 54 balls which was the 3rd quickest hundred in England's ODI history.
At the beginning of Bairstow's career, he was mostly known as a middle/lower middle order batsman who can swing the situation of the match with his slogging capabilities. But soon team managements, coaches and captain realized that he can bat for long time purposes and can be utilized for the opening position. Bairstow has played a total of 17 matches in opening and scored 909 runs with a Bradman alike average of 64.92 & all of his centuries were scored at this position. Bairstow is very cunning against the swing of new balls. He extends his bat a lot at the back-lift that helps him generate more power. His front-on batting action helps him execute drives very well. That's how he plays cover drives, off-drives, square drives so well and placements are always precise. He also plays reverse sweeps and slog sweeps with precise timing. His footwork is always impressive. He doesn't really engage his head to read-off bowling closely (a thing that Kevin Pietersen used to do mostly) but his shot selections are impressive. He proved his worth in Test format long ago. Showed his class in ODI format as well. He has a long lasting cardio and durable conditioning that helps him bat for long period. His stroke playing capability helps him play shots and gain boundaries. He's a complete batsman and definitely an elite level opener. England will have a busy year. They'll start their ODI series against Australia today. They also have ODI, T20I & Test series against India in their home. Sri Lanka will also come after India challenge. England is definitely anticipating to get benefited by Bairstow's consistency and his knack of scoring runs.
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