Tag Archives: Jonny Bairstow

I've been involved in a couple of atrocious World Cups. Jonny Bairstow

If you're constantly striving for questions that are never going to be answered, then you're only being detrimental to your own mental health. Jonny Bairstow

When I came into the England team I was always being asked whether I 'really' wanted to be a wicketkeeper. It was as though no one had noticed the work I'd already put in to make myself one. Jonny Bairstow

The great risk of being alive is always that something can happen to you – or to someone you dearly love – at any moment. Jonny Bairstow

A hundred for England is special and there's a lot of emotion and a lot of hard work involved in getting back on the field. No one sees the hard work and all the time with the ice machines in rehab. Jonny Bairstow

If you can't motivate yourself to get up and play in front of 30,000-40,000 people, then you're not in the right job. Jonny Bairstow

You know when you've hit a good shot. I use a bat that weighs two pounds and nine ounces, and it makes a reassuringly solid sound when I connect properly. The ball pings off the middle. Jonny Bairstow

No one saw me cry over my dad's death for almost nine years. I hid what I felt, bottling up my emotions so tightly that almost nothing leaked out. Jonny Bairstow

You only have to see the rate of divorce in cricket. You're away so much and then 18 months later, you're around all the time and not sure what to do with the rest of your life. You go from being at the peak of your powers to being at the bottom of the food […]

You're able to learn different things from different coaches and different players. Jonny Bairstow