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Johnny Bairstow Made a Comeback, Played a Stormy Innings as Soon as He Arrived

Sudev Haldar
1 year ago

England’s wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow has returned to the field. After almost 8 months and played a tremendous inning as soon as he returned. Jonny Bairstow injured his leg last year, and was completely away from cricket since then. Bairstow has returned to county cricket playing for Yorkshire Second XI. And was dismissed in the first innings after going close to a century.

The England batsman surprised everyone by playing a brilliant inning against Nottinghamshire Second XI in his very first match after his comeback.

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Bairstow went to the Crease as a Middle-Order Batsman in the First Innings of the Ongoing Match at Headingley

In the first innings of the ongoing match at Headingley in Leeds. Bairstow went to the crease as a middle-order batsman and scored 97 runs in just 88 balls. In this innings, he also hit 13 fours and 2 sixes. Thanks to his excellent innings, Yorkshire had scored 437 runs at the loss of 7 wickets by the end of the first day’s play.

The England cricket team must have been very happy to see Bairstow’s spectacular comeback. Especially England Test team captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum have now got a special player back for the Ashes series against Australia.

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Jonny Bairstow Suffered a Leg Injury While Playing Golf in September Last Year

Talking about Johnny Bairstow, he suffered a leg injury while playing golf in September last year. Bairstow had three fractures in his left leg and his ankle was also dislocated. Prior to this serious injury, he was in the best form of his career, but the injury saw him miss the third and final Test against South Africa. After that he could not be a part of T20 World Cup and Pakistan tour.

In IPL 2023, this wicket-keeper batsman of England was kept by Punjab Kings in his team, but when the IPL started, he was not fit and he had to focus more on red ball cricket keeping in mind the Ashes, that is why he pulled his name from IPL. was drawn.