BAIRSTOW IS THE SAVIOUR AGAIN!

JONNY BAIRSTOW scored his fourth century in seven Tests this year. All four of them have come with England in crisis...

▪ January, Sydney: Came in at 36-4 and scored 113 v Aus

▪ March, Antigua: 48-4, 140 v West Indies

▪ Last week, Trent Bridge: 56-3, 136 v New Zealand

▪ Yesterday, Headingley: 17-3, 130* v New Zealand

209 BAIRSTOW and debutant Jamie Overton have put on 209 runs in 223 balls — England’s highest seventh-wicket stand in Tests. The previous best was Jim Parks and MJK Smith’s 197 at Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1960.

▪ BAIRSTOW has more runs in 2022 than all but one man...

U KHAWAJA (Aus) 751 J BAIRSTOW (Eng) 671 J ROOT (Eng) 668 L DAS (Ban) 604