Big hitting and Headingley heroics – Jonny Bairstow’s best Test moments

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getcricketnews|01-03-2024

Jonny Bairstow is set to become the 17th member of England's 100 Test club after head coach Brendon McCullum confirmed the Yorkshireman will feature against India in Dharamsala next week.

South Africa v England, January 2016, Cape Town Bairstow had a number of false dawns, including a sparkling 95 in his fourth Test against the same opposition. Four years and 18 Tests later, Bairstow had his first international hundred but it was worth the wait. This Test is remembered for Ben Stokes going supersonic but Bairstow was no shrinking violet and contributed 150 not out to a world-record stand of 399 for the sixth wicket. A couple of days before the anniversary of the death of his father David - a former England and Yorkshire cricketer - Bairstow junior cemented his spot as a Test regular. Afterwards, he said: "I was thinking of my dad, my grandfather, who passed away last year, and my family - that was for those guys." England v Sri Lanka, May 2016, Leeds Where else but Headingley should one of Yorkshire's favourite sons make his first Test ton at home? England were teetering on 83 for five against opponents who shocked them two years earlier. Bairstow riding to the rescue was a common theme in 2016 - his 1,470 runs remain the most by a wicketkeeper in a calendar year - and England never looked back after his swaggering 140 in 183 balls. Bairstow hit another hundred at Lord's with an unbeaten 167 as England romped to a 2-0 series win.
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