Yorkshireman is enjoying his time with the Test team and believes a big score is not too far away
The third ball Jonny Bairstow faced at Trent Bridge last week was an inswinger and he flicked at it without effect as it passed him and into the keeper’s gloves. Staring back down the wicket at the bowler’s retreating form, with quiet intensity, it was possible he was trying to get a look at the ball in the bowler’s hand. It was, after all, the first red one he had seen in a match this season.
Bairstow’s performance in the first Test suggested two things. First, that there is nothing wrong with his colour vision. And second, that he may be on the verge of a considerable comeback. The batsman suggested no less on Wednesday, when he positively vibrated with joie de vivre. It was, pleasing to spend some decent time at the crease, he said. “If I keep doing what I was doing in those two innings – keep with that method and approach and mindset – hopefully there’s a fairly big one to come soon.”