Jonny Bairstow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jonny Bairstow

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1989

Place of Birth: Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Jonny Bairstow

  • Jonathan Marc Bairstow (born 26 September 1989) is an English cricketer, who plays internationally for England and domestically for Yorkshire.
  • Bairstow was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
  • A right-hand batsman, he is the only England wicket-keeper to twice claim nine dismissals in a Test match, against South Africa in January 2016, and against Sri Lanka in May 2016.
  • Only Jack Russell (11 dismissals versus South Africa, 1995), and Bob Taylor (10 dismissals versus India 1980) have claimed more in a single Test match.
  • In 2016, Bairstow set a new record for the most dismissals (70) by a wicket-keeper in a calendar year.
  • In the same year, Bairstow also set a record for most runs in Test matches by a wicket-keeper in a single year.
  • By scoring 1,470 runs in Tests in the year, Bairstow almost doubled the previous record of 777 for England wicket-keepers set by Matt Prior in 2012, and comprehensively surpassed the former record for any Test country of 1,045 runs, held by former Zimbabwe wicket-keeper Andy Flower.
  • He is the first England cricketer to score three consecutive one-day international hundreds.

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