[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Jonny Bairstow scored 97 runs for Yorkshire’s second string against Nottinghamshire on his return from a leg injury, as England batsman Jonny Bairstow looks to build fitness ahead of the home Ashes series against Australia.
Bairstow hit 13 fours and two sixes in 88 balls at Headingley on Tuesday and is expected to play for Yorkshire’s first-choice team next week.
The wicketkeeper-batsman had not played since September, when he suffered a freak injury on a golf course, ruling him out of the 2022 Twenty20 World Cup and test series in Pakistan and New Zealand.
Yorkshire’s 2nd XI coach Tom Smith said Bairstow was a “little bit nervous” ahead of the match but settled in quickly as he batted at number four.
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“Once he got going, he looked like he’d never been away,” said Smith after Yorkshire ended day one of the four-day contest on 437-7.
“Watching him towards the end, the way he plays the late cut, the way he drives the ball, the way he played the spinner, one shot over extra cover showed that international class.”
The five-match Ashes series will begin on June 16 at Edgbaston.
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