Jonny Bairstow reckons he is finally showing his true personality as an England cricketer by playing in a thrilling style to put ‘bums on seats.’
But by smashing a second consecutive hundred from fewer than 100 balls, the England batsman actually lifted his hometown Headingley crowd off their seats time and again. And they stayed standing longest to acknowledge one of their own reaching his 10th Test ton and letting his emotions out as he got there.
“It was a good craic and it feels amazing,” said Bairstow. “The first thing Stokesy and I said to each other when we got out there was ‘let’s do another Trent Bridge.’ This is the way that I've always been capable of playing. Sometimes it's a simple game we complicate.
