There’s more to come from record setter Bairstow

Jonny Bairstow admitted breaking the record for the most Test runs by a wicketkeeper in a calendar year was a “special feeling” – but he is not content to rest on his laurels. The Yorkshireman moved past the haul of 1,045 runs amassed by Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower in 2000 over the weekend during England’s first-test win over Bangladesh in Chittagong.

It was his 11th Test of the year and with six more to come before Christmas – one against the Tigers before a five-match India series – the 27-year-old has the opportunity to set a total that could prove insurmountable.

He said: “It’s a special feeling, something I hadn’t really thought about at all but obviously towards the end of the summer people started talking about it.

“I’m absolutely delighted to now hold the record. But there’s a lot of games still to come in the year so hopefully I can push on and score a few more runs and take a few more catches.”

Michael Vaughan holds the record for the most runs by an Englishman in a calendar year with 1,481 in 2002 but Bairstow is only 390 behind and could overhaul the 2005 Asheswinning captain.

Bairstow added: “I’m not sure about that but I’ll go out and try to score as many as I can and if you get close, you get close. It’s great to be talked about in such great company.”

England’s focus now turns to the second and final Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka, which gets under way in the early hours of this morning, with head coach Trevor Bayliss suggesting there will be changes in the bowling department.

There have been suggestions Stuart Broad will sit out what would have been his 100th Test, while slow left armer Zafar Ansari has been touted for his Test bow in place of either Adil Rashid or Gareth Batty.

Surrey all-rounder Ansari took four for 68 in the second practice game last week and boosts England’s options with the bat significantly, having registered three first-class hundreds.