Cricket Quotes by Jonny Bairstow

You think of what might have been different if dad had been around, or how I might have turned out as a…

— Jonny Bairstow

Life without cricket was initially harder for my dad than playing the game for Yorkshire and England had ever been. He missed…

— Jonny Bairstow

In an Ashes series you have to adapt quickly to the conditions and your rivals. If you don't, you get found out.

— Jonny Bairstow

Everything goes out of the window when you start an Ashes series. It's about grabbing the moment.

— Jonny Bairstow

When Dad passed away, grandpa took on that mantle of teaching me how to tackle at football or taking me and mum…

— Jonny Bairstow

You look at the challenges that have been put in front of me as a cricketer over a period of time. There…

— Jonny Bairstow

As a young kid you stay up late to watch the Ashes, getting told off for not being in bed, and dream…

— Jonny Bairstow

If someone who doesn't know anything about wicketkeeping finds a reason to criticise, you have to sift it out. It's about working…

— Jonny Bairstow

Who says we can't win the World Cup and the Ashes in the same year? Oh yes we can. It all goes…

— 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…

— Jonny Bairstow

I've learnt - and this pleases me - that my dad's cricketing life and my own will always be intertwined, even though…

— Jonny Bairstow

Get picked for an Ashes Test at Lord's and you know you're going to meet the Queen. She arrived before the start…

— Jonny Bairstow

I was a fortnight away from my 16th birthday when the fabled 2005 Ashes series ended. My hero-worship throughout it belonged to…

— Jonny Bairstow

When I came into the England team I was always being asked whether I 'really' wanted to be a wicketkeeper. It was…

— Jonny Bairstow