Campaign starts against Scotland with the Yorkshireman set to play an influential role in ensuring team hit all the right notesand a pretty sickening compound fracture, Jonny Bairstow might well be a fifth member of the England squad with two white-ball World Cup winners medals. As it is, the Yorkshireman goes into this T20 World Cup defence still looking to add to the 50-over title he was so central to back in 2019.
The logic appears sound enough, with Mott, the head coach, stating that Bairstow’s experience and flexibility – able to operate as a quasi-opener in the powerplay should early wickets fall, but also murderous against spin in the middle overs – were behind the call. In the Caribbean, where calculated six-hitting with help from the trade winds may well come to the fore, England fancy those Popeye-like forearms to be match-winning.
Form was fleeting during this time spent living out of a suitcase, with two half-centuries in 21 innings for England and one more 50-plus score during the IPL . That was a jaw-dropping knock, it must be said, Bairstow moosing 108 not out from 48 balls as Punjab chased down an absurd 262 in Kolkata. Typical of the man, it came as talk of needing a breather was starting to swirl.
In contrast to Bairstow, Brook has had time at home after missing the Test tour of India because of the death of his grandmother Pauline, a long‑time supporter of his cricket. Looking fitter than ever, the 25-year-old Brook was seeing it big in the early stages of the County Championship – 388 runs at 77 and a strike-rate of 94.
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