Sunrisers in £245k IPL deal for Yorks ace Bairstow
(40) M Johnston 9-7 (CD) .......................J F Egan 91 (29) M Tregoning 9-4 (BF, C) ....................... M Dwyer 91
(20) M Johnston 9-3 (BF, C) F Norton 91 (10) J Ryan 9-0(6ex) (D) .......... M Harley 96 (166) A Balding 8-13 ...........................R Hornby — W Greatrex 8-12 (BF) .................. T Greatrex (5) —
(14) S Crisford 8-5 (C) .........Josephine Gordon 93 I Williams 8-4 (C2)................................ K O’Neill 90
(8) M Quinn 8-0 (C3) ... Darragh Keenan (5) 87 BETTING: 7-2 Aircraft Carrier, 9-2 Lucky Deal, 5 Victoria Drummond, Given Choice, 6 Landue, 10 Swordbill, Diocletian, 14 Bodes Well, The Night King.
5-2 Held up in rear, switched to outer and headway to lead 4f out, clear over 1f out, eased towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) beating Western Duke by 7l, 9 ran.
6-1 Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on outside over 4f out, edged left inside final furlong, stayed on, led towards finish, won at Chelmsford City 1m 6f 3yo hcp (2) pol in Nov beating Elegiac by nk, 10 ran. 6-1 Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol beating Cuillin by 2l, 11 ran. 2-1fav Raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along and lost place 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Corelli at Southwell 1m 4f stks (3yo+) (3) fbs in Nov.
6-5fav Held up towards rear, soon in rear, headway over 1f out, soon challenged, every chance and upsides winner inside final furlong, just held post, 2nd of 7, shd behind Exceeding Power at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.
9-1 Held up, ridden over 3f out, never a factor, 8th of 11, 11l behind Making Miracles at Haydock 1m 6f 3yo hcp (2) gf in Jul.
SYORKSHIRE’S Jonny Bairstow has secured his first Indian Premier League contract after being purchased by the Sunrisers Hyderabad at yesterday’s auction.
While international teammates Alex Hales, Chris Woakes and Chris Jordan went unsold, Bairstow has been snapped up for 2.2 crore rupees (around £245,000).
Bairstow will therefore link up with the likes of controversial Australia opener David Warner and New Zealand captain Kane Williamson at Sunrisers, who finished runners-up to Chennai Super Kings this year.
Meanwhile, all-rounder Matthew Waite has penned a new one-year contract extension, keeping him at Yorkshire until the end of 2020.
Leeds-born Waite, who will be 24 come the start of the 2019 campaign, had ankle surgery after missing the second half of 2017 and again spent near to two months on the side-lines in the early stages of 2018.
However, Yorkshire’s Young Player of the Year in 2016 returned impressively and ended the season strongly in the Specsavers County Championship team, playing three out of the last four matches and returning some useful contributions with bat and ball.
He said: “I’m over the moon to sign a new deal and, hopefully, I can push on from what I’ve done over the past couple of years.
“I’ve had a bit of a taste of first-team cricket and then seem to get injured, so hopefully I can stay fit for a full season and see what happens.
“It was a bad injury. I’ve had an ankle injury before and the physio knew what it was so I was quickly booked in for an operation.”