Cricket: Bairstow gets England call
Bairstow is the only player in England’s 13 yet to be capped at Test level.
LONDON:
Jonathan Bairstow was named in an England Test squad for the first time when he was included in a 13-man party for the series opener against the West Indies at Lord’s starting Thursday. The 22-year-old Yorkshire man is set to bat at number six if selected after all-rounder Ravi Bopara, in line to fill that middle order spot, was omitted from the squad after suffering a thigh injury playing for Essex. Bairstow, who has played in six One-Day Internationals and six Twenty20s, is the only player in England’s 13 yet to be capped at Test level. “Bairstow has put in a number of impressive performances both for England Lions and Yorkshire and has been working hard on the England Performance Programme over the last couple of years,” said England national selector Geoff Miller.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2012.
Jonathan Bairstow was named in an England Test squad for the first time when he was included in a 13-man party for the series opener against the West Indies at Lord’s starting Thursday. The 22-year-old Yorkshire man is set to bat at number six if selected after all-rounder Ravi Bopara, in line to fill that middle order spot, was omitted from the squad after suffering a thigh injury playing for Essex. Bairstow, who has played in six One-Day Internationals and six Twenty20s, is the only player in England’s 13 yet to be capped at Test level. “Bairstow has put in a number of impressive performances both for England Lions and Yorkshire and has been working hard on the England Performance Programme over the last couple of years,” said England national selector Geoff Miller.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 14th, 2012.