82 Facts About Jonny Bairstow

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Jonathan Marc Bairstow was born on 26 September 1989 and is an English cricketer who plays internationally for England in all formats.

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Jonny Bairstow made his One Day International and Twenty20 International debuts in 2011, and Test debut in 2012.

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Jonny Bairstow was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

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Jonny Bairstow displayed early talent when he was chosen as the inaugural winner of the Young Wisden Schools Cricketer of the Year award, after scoring 654 runs in 2007 for St Peter's School, York.

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Jonny Bairstow was called up to the first-team squad for the final County Championship match of the season against Sussex but failed to make the starting eleven.

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Jonny Bairstow began the 2009 season playing second XI cricket but after scoring 202 not out against Leicestershire seconds, he was called up into the first-team match with Somerset when Michael Vaughan was ruled out through injury.

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Jonny Bairstow was a regular in the Yorkshire team in 2010, playing 16 first-class matches and scoring 918 runs.

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Jonny Bairstow averaged more than 40 for a second successive season, but could not convert any of his eight fifties into a maiden century.

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Jonny Bairstow took the gloves for the 2011 season and started well with the bat by scoring his first century against Nottinghamshire in May, finishing on 205.

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Jonny Bairstow was the only Yorkshire batter to score over 1000 runs in the season and on the back of his strong performances was called up to the England one day squad.

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Jonny Bairstow was a member of the England ODI squad for their match against Ireland in August 2011; however, he was not picked to play.

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Jonny Bairstow made his debut the following month after he was called up for the final ODI against India.

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Jonny Bairstow's innings included three sixes, the first off just the fifth ball he faced, and he was named Man of the Match.

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On 25 February 2012, Jonny Bairstow was named man of the match in the second T20 of the series between Pakistan and England at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

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Jonny Bairstow was selected to play for the England Lions in one of the warm-up games for this series.

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Jonny Bairstow came in as the 7th batter and scored 50 runs before being caught by Ravi Rampaul.

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Jonny Bairstow made his debut in the 1st Test against the West Indies at Lord's.

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Jonny Bairstow finished the series on a positive note and with an overall score of 38 runs.

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Jonny Bairstow was not selected for the first two Tests as England went with Ravi Bopara and handed James Taylor his debut in the Second Test for the 2012 South Africa series.

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Jonny Bairstow finished the Test series with 149 runs having only played 1 Test.

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Jonny Bairstow was then dropped for the first ODI in favour of Ravi Bopara who had an excellent ODI series against Australia.

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Jonny Bairstow was selected in the England squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.

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Jonny Bairstow played in England's first group game against Afghanistan, he came in as the number 6 batter and made 12 runs from 10 balls before being caught to help England to get 196 runs for 5 wickets.

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Jonny Bairstow caught Virat Kohli from a Graeme Swann ball when Kohli was on 40, however India got to 170 runs in 20 overs setting England a target of 171.

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England's batting order failed and Jonny Bairstow was bowled by Piyush Chawla for 1 run, England only made 80 runs and lost the match by 90 runs.

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The first match in the Super 8's was against eventual champions West Indies, Jonny Bairstow took an important wicket when he caught opener Johnson Charles on 84 off of a Jade Dernbach bowl.

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Jonny Bairstow made amends against New Zealand as he caught opener Rob Nicol for 11 runs and then helped run out James Franklin who was on 50 and looking to really threaten England, Bairstow was needed in the 18th over and made 5 runs in 2 balls to help England to a 6 wicket win.

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Jonny Bairstow was included in the squad which travelled to India.

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Jonny Bairstow was selected to play in the Second Test after Ian Bell went home for the birth of his child.

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Jonny Bairstow came in to bat as the 5th batsmen however he only managed 9 runs before he was caught by Gautam Gambhir, however Bairstow's dismissal was full of controversy as the ball hit the catcher's helmet first.

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Jonny Bairstow continued to do well in the fielding department by catching India's dangerman Cheteshwar Pujara for 6 runs which put England on the front foot in the Second Test.

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Jonny Bairstow caught Yuvraj Singh off a Monty Panesar bowl.

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Jonny Bairstow was selected for the T20 and ODI teams however he withdrew from both squads due to the illness of a family member, he was replaced by fellow Yorkshire man Joe Root on both occasions.

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Jonny Bairstow was selected to be part of the Test, ODI and T20 squads for the 2013 Tour to New Zealand.

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Jonny Bairstow was chosen to play in the first Twenty20 match of the series, he lost the wicket-keeping spot to Jos Buttler after Buttler put in a couple of great performances in the warm ups, this meant Jonny Bairstow would be used as specialist batter coming in at number 5.

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Jonny Bairstow helped England to a 40 run win in the 1st T20I by smashing 38 runs in 22 balls before being caught by Martin Guptill, he caught New Zealand danger man Ross Taylor on 13.

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Jonny Bairstow was selected as the number 6 batter for the 3rd Test as Kevin Pietersen was injured so Joe Root moved up to number 5 and struggled with innings of 3 and 6.

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Jonny Bairstow was selected in the ODI squad for the New Zealand's 2013 tour of England.

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Jonny Bairstow was selected for the 1st Test at number 6 due to the absence of Kevin Pietersen.

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Jonny Bairstow top scored for England in the 1st innings after getting 41 runs off 107 balls.

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Jonny Bairstow retained his place for the Second Test at Headingley where he came in and hit 64 off 99 balls and was involved in a 124 partnership with fellow Yorkshireman Joe Root.

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Jonny Bairstow was selected as the number six batter for the 1st Test where he made scores of 37 and 15.

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Jonny Bairstow replaced the injured Jos Buttler in the team and made two catches and a stumping before scoring 83* in 60 balls to help England to a win in a rain affected match.

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Jonny Bairstow kept his place in the England side for the series against Pakistan in the UAE in 2015.

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Jonny Bairstow made just 23 runs in the first match as England narrowly missed out on winning the game as bad light stopped play with them just short of their target.

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Jonny Bairstow scored 43 in England's first innings of the second Test, as they made 242.

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Jonny Bairstow followed this with an excellent 79 from 76 balls in the second innings, as England set the hosts a target of 416 to win.

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England wobbled in the second innings, but Jonny Bairstow hit an unbeaten 30 to ensure the match ended in a draw.

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Jonny Bairstow made 45 in England's first innings of the third Test, helping them surpass South Africa's first innings total.

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Jonny Bairstow scored 140 in the first game against Sri Lanka to help England out of a precarious situation in the 2016 series against England.

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Jonny Bairstow scored 48 in the second match, with England posting a big first innings score.

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Jonny Bairstow was not required to bat in the second innings as England won the match by nine wickets.

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Jonny Bairstow continued his excellent form into the final match of the series, where he scored an unbeaten 167 in England's first innings to help them to 416.

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Jonny Bairstow made 32 in the second innings, although rain ended the match, with no result being reached.

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Jonny Bairstow scored 29 in England's first innings in the first Test against Pakistan.

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Jonny Bairstow made 48 in the second innings, but it was not enough to prevent a defeat for England.

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Jonny Bairstow made 12 in the first innings of the third Test and followed this up with 83 in the second innings to help England turn the match around and secure an unlikely win.

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Jonny Bairstow played in the fourth ODI against Pakistan and made 61 as England won by four wickets.

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Jonny Bairstow took six catches and a stumping in the match.

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On 19 September 2017, Jonny Bairstow scored an unbeaten 100 against the West Indies at Old Trafford to record his first century in ODI cricket.

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On 29 September 2017, Jonny Bairstow scored an unbeaten 141 against the West Indies at Rose Bowl, Southampton which is the highest score by an England batter against the West Indies in ODIs, beating the previous best of 130 made by Marcus Trescothick in 2004.

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Jonny Bairstow was promoted to be an opening batter in the limited overs series.

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On 14 May 2019 Jonny Bairstow scored 128 off 93 balls to help England to a win over Pakistan in a One Day International at Bristol County Ground.

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Jonny Bairstow was named in the England squad for the 2019 cricket World Cup.

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Jonny Bairstow started the tournament with a golden duck against South Africa.

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Jonny Bairstow was included in England's squad for the 2019 Ashes series.

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Jonny Bairstow averaged 23.77 with the bat throughout the series, making just one half-century.

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Jonny Bairstow returned to the team as a cover for the unwell Ollie Pope, making 9 and 25 before again being dropped from the side on Pope's return.

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Jonny Bairstow was already in South Africa at a training camp working on his red ball technique.

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Jonny Bairstow was then dropped from the squad for England's tour of Sri Lanka in favour of Keaton Jennings, which was criticised by some in the media as too 'short-term' an approach.

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In July 2020, Jonny Bairstow was named in England's squad for the ODI series against Ireland, in which he played all three matches and scored 88 runs.

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On 6 September 2020, in the second T20I against Australia, Jonny Bairstow became the first batter for England to be dismissed by hitting his own wicket in a T20I match.

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In September 2021, Jonny Bairstow played all six matches for England at for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, though he finished with just 47 runs and a top score of 16.

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Jonny Bairstow was ruled out for the final test after being hit on the hand in a net session.

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Jonny Bairstow scored a century in the first test of England's tour of the West Indies later the same year.

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In June 2022, during the second test of the England v New Zealand Test series at Trent Bridge, Jonny Bairstow hit a match winning 136 off just 92 balls on the 5th day, as part of a successful England chase of 299.

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Jonny Bairstow was awarded man of the match for this innings.

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Jonny Bairstow's hundred came off just 77 balls, making it the second fastest Test century by an English batter.

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Jonny Bairstow went on to score his third and fourth centuries of the summer in the rescheduled fifth test against India - his 114 not out in the fourth innings coming as England completed a record test match chase.

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Jonny Bairstow was ruled out of the 2022 T20 World Cup after breaking his leg in a golf accident.

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Jonny Bairstow was nominated for the 2022 Men's Test Cricketer of the Year and was named in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year.

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In 2017, Jonny Bairstow published a biography titled A Clear Blue Sky, written with Duncan Hamilton.