Jonny Bairstow Biography

Jonathan Mark Bairstow is an English cricketer who was born on September 23, 1989. He plays for England in all international forms. In domestic cricket, he plays for Yorkshire. He has also played in several Twenty20 games, including the Indian Premier League for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. Bairstow played in his first One Day International (ODI), Twenty20 International (T20I), and Test in 2011. The 2019 Cricket World Cup was won by the England team, which he was on.

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Bairstow is a Wicket keeping Batter who hits with his right hand. Together with Ben Stokes, he owns the world record for the highest sixth-wicket stand in Tests. Which was 399 against South Africa during England’s tour of that country in 2015–16.

Biography of Jonny Bairstow:

Early life of Jonny Bairstow

Bairstow was born on September 26, 1989, in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He is the younger half-brother of former Derbyshire player Andrew Bairstow and the second son of former Yorkshire and England wicket-keeper David Bairstow. He was chosen as the first Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year after scoring 654 runs for [St Peter’s School, York] in 2007. This showed that he had skill from a young age. Bairstow also played youth football for Leeds United.

Domestic career of Jonny Bairstow:

Bairstow played for Yorkshire’s second XI team during the 2008 season. He got 308 runs in six championship games, which is an average of 61.60 runs per game. He was put on the first-team squad for the last County Championship game of the season against Sussex. But he didn’t play. He still signed a deal with Yorkshire for two years. Bairstow was a regular member of the Yorkshire team in 2010. He played in 16 first-class matches and scored 918 runs. He had an average of more than 40 for the second season in a row, but none of his eight fifties turned into his first century. Because of how well he played, he was put on the England Performance Program team that went to Australia in 2010/11.

He was the wicketkeeper for the 2011 season and got off to a good start with the bat when he hit his first hundred against Nottinghamshire in May. Bairstow ended the game with 205 runs. He was the only batter for Yorkshire to score more than 1000 runs during the season. Because of his good play, he was asked to join the England one-day team.

International career of Jonny Bairstow:

England played Ireland in August 2011. He debuted the month after being selected for the final ODI against India. An undefeated 41 off 21 balls as a specialist batsman helped England to a Duckworth-Lewis adjusted total. The Man of the Match smacked three sixes off the fifth ball. After Ravi Bopara’s injury, Bairstow played England’s first test against the West Indies at Lord’s. After a couple of strong warm-ups, Jos Buttler replaced Bairstow as wicket-keeper in the first Twenty20 match, therefore he was used as a specialist batter at number 5.

Nick Compton was dropped for the 2013 Ashes series, and Bairstow was chosen to bat sixth to allow Joe Root to open. He scored 37 and 15 in the first Test, batting sixth. Bairstow returned to England for New Zealand’s 5th ODI. He replaced Jos Buttler and struck 83* in 60 balls to win England a rain-affected match. 3–2 for England. Bairstow’s 140 in Sri Lanka’s first game saved England’s 2016 series. His nine catches and man-of-the-match performance helped England win and lead the series 1–0. In the second match, England scored 48.

Bairstow scored 119 runs against Australia on 15 December 2017, replacing the suspended Ben Stokes at no.6. He batted first in the restricted overs series. In September’s 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Bairstow played all six matches for England, hitting 47 runs and a best of 16. Bairstow struck a match-winning 136 off 92 balls on the fifth day of the second England-New Zealand Test at Trent Bridge in June 2022. England pursued 299 to win. This inning’ MVP. Second-fastest English Test century: 77 balls.

Media relation of Jonny Bairstow:

In 2017, A Clear Blue Sky, a book written by Jonny Bairstow and Duncan Hamilton, came out. The book talks about how David Bairstow lost his father early in his life and how he got to his first test century, where he looked up to the sky to honor his father and saw “a clear blue sky.” This is where the title of the book comes from.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	91	161	11	5580	167	37.2	9637	57.9	12	0	24	665	46
ODI	95	86	8	3634	141	46.59	3490	104.13	11	0	15	408	89
T20I	66	60	12	1337	90	27.85	980	136.43	0	0	8	120	57
IPL	39	39	3	1291	114	35.86	905	142.65	1	0	9	133	55

Bowling Career Summary

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T20I

66

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IPL

39

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