The England Wk-Batter Jonny Bairstow is set to make his return for Yorkshire in the upcoming County Championship match against Sussex. Bairstow’s participation has been limited due to his international commitments and the Indian Premier League.
He has played only two FC games for Yorkshire since 2020 and has not yet featured in any format this season. He is set to return to red-ball cricket in domestic leagues after a six-week break.
Jonny lost his place in England’s test squad after playing his 100th test during the India tour. The management has considered Jamie Smith as the new long-term wicketkeeper.
After a low performance in the India test tour and the Ashes, he was not selected for England’s home season. He smashed only three fifties in 19 innings and failed to record double-digit scores four times.
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Jonny Bairstow‘s stint in the middle order in the T20I setup has ups and downs as he completed The Hundred 2024 campaign with only one fifty in seven matches.
While needing a big comeback, the Wk-batter is set to feature for Yorkshire in the upcoming Division Two clash against Sussex and will be available until the end of the season.
The Yorkshire head coach Ottis Gibson said, “I spoke to Jonny, and he still has ambitions of getting back into the England team. When he was coming back from his injury last year, our medical team and coaches – everybody associated with the club – helped him get back into the England fold.”
“If it’s that we need to do that again with him, give him some love and get him into a position where he puts good performances in, everybody benefits from that. Jonny Bairstow is a serious cricketer anyway, but when he has a point to prove, he’s even more dangerous. Hopefully, we can take advantage of that,” he added.
After he recovered from a shoulder injury, Bairstow will play in Yorkshire’s upcoming clash, but his availability for the last four matches of the season is yet to be finalized.
“Well, you don’t need to ask me that, do you? I think you know me well enough, and you’ve known me for long enough to know that all I want to do is play for England,” told Bairstow to Vaughan on the sidelines of The Hundred 2024.
ECB managing director Rob Key has also stated that Bairstow needs his best version of himself if he wants to earn a comeback.
