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 Copy Share Image
When my dad died, I was eight. Becky was seven. My mum had cancer, the first of two bouts that she's fought and beaten. — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
As a young kid you stay up late to watch the Ashes, getting told off for not being in bed, and dream of making… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
I was a fortnight away from my 16th birthday when the fabled 2005 Ashes series ended. My hero-worship throughout it belonged to Ian Bell… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
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… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
If your game is to take everything on then you have to stick with that and if it's your game to get out of… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Well, I grew up in a certain way, through the experiences that I had, so I don't know how I would have turned out… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
My mum thinks I get my determination and resilience from my dad. I think it comes mostly from her. — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
The great risk of being alive is always that something can happen to you - or to someone you dearly love - at any… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
I've not given up my keeping, I want to make that very, very clear. I'm still working hard on my keeping and it's something… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
I've always tried to honour my dad and what he did for Yorkshire, which for him frequently meant putting the county's cause before his… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
