Jonny Bairstow: Hurt me pretty bad to get out like that
England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow has expressed his disappointment at getting out cheaply despite playing well throughout day 1 of the ongoing Mohali Test. Bairstow has, however, expressed his satisfaction over getting runs all through the year in different conditions across the world.
2016 has been a memorable year for the Yorkshire-born wicketkeeper, as he plundered runs all across the world. Bairstow is the highest run-scorer of this calendar year, extending his tally to 1340 runs in the third Test of the series between India and England at the PCA Stadium in Mohali.
He batted tirelessly to keep England afloat after the top-order had squandered the toss advantage but got dismissed by rookie Jayant Yadav late in the evening to fall 11 runs short of his fourth Test century.
“I was really cheesed off to get out like that this evening,” said Bairstow about being caught plumb in front by Jayant Yadav, just a ball after he had been dropped for a second time by Parthiv Patel.
“That hurt me pretty bad to get out like that because I thought I’d played quite nicely all the way through. It was desperately disappointing for myself to get out, especially towards the end of the day because I thought we fought back really well.”
“Having won the toss, it’s disappointing to lose the wickets that we have,” he conceded.
“But at the same time, it could have been a disastrous day as well. If we didn’t knuckle down and work hard through that last bit of the morning session, the afternoon session, and the evening session, we could have been bowling tonight. We have to take the positives from that. Obviously, winning the toss, it was disappointing losing those wickets, especially early. On a different evening, you finish six down not eight and come away pretty pleased. We’re fighting. We’re in the battle. If we can get up to 290 and 300, we go from there. It’s been a bit of a scrappy day, but something that we’ve dealt with worse in the past. We will carry on to work harder in the game.”
Although he has been a consistent performer throughout the year, Bairstow said that this knock hadn’t necessarily given him any extra satisfaction than the previous ones.
“Scoring runs at any point throughout the year’s been pleasing for me. That, combined with my keeping, has been a pleasing aspect for the two to be compliant all the way through, throughout the year,” he observed. “It’s difficult to put your finger on it (how to keep the form going).
“The conditions, comparing conditions to South Africa to England throughout the summer to Bangladesh to here, there are all very different. It’s just finding a method – finding a way and finding a mindset of scoring runs. Trying to stay out there for as long as possible. There’s a rhythm to it, and just finding a way to get through.”
Bairstow got promoted to bat at No.5 for the first time but said that the batting order hadn’t made any difference to his mindset.
“I didn’t really see it as a change. Being at No. 5, it wasn’t a change in mentality apart from me going out at five rather than seven. Grinding out the runs was something that we had to do. The way the guys came in and played down the order was really good. I think there is a stat somewhere about the average number of runs for lower order past the fifth wicket. I think it’s India at 183 and us at 182. As a lower-order run-machine, if you like, we combine quite well.
“As I have said before, I don’t really mind where I bat. It’s not something that plays on my mind, whether a night watchman comes in and I’m at eight. It’s quite pleasing to be batting at five
England will resume their first innings from 268/8 and will look to add some more runs to the total.
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