Cricket: Serial England match-winner Bairstow frustrated by supporting role

By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Sep 2016, 11:53 BST
Updated 2nd Sep 2016, 12:56 BST
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Serial match-winner Jonny Bairstow longs for the day when he is back in England's first-choice 50-over team.

Bairstow (61) – on his home ground at Headingley – and Ben Stokes (69) rescued Eoin Morgan’s team from 72-4 against Pakistan, the pair’s century stand helping the hosts past a target of 247-8 in the fourth Royal London Series match to set a 4-0 lead.

The Yorkshireman got the tap on the shoulder from coach Trevor Bayliss to get his gloves on for wicketkeeping, or his pads ready in the middle order, only two minutes before his captain went out to toss up because Jos Buttler hurt his hamstring in the warm-up.

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