Bairstow played an unbeaten 130 not out on the second day, in which he shared a brilliant partnership of 209 runs in 223 balls. England’s full bore positivity under the captaincy of their new coach Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes has been much talked about. Its long-term impact remains to be seen but Bairstow has certainly turned into a player.
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“I think it’s your personality coming out,” he said. “It makes me more relaxed at the crease, I’m not necessarily as stressed. I’m playing like young Johnny. Sometimes a lot of nonsense is spoken about different things, sometimes it’s your It comes to mind and disturbs it. I have to listen to the people who matter to me and I am doing that right now. The most important thing is that I am who I am.”
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When Bairstow returned to the side at the end of England’s miserable Ashes series, it was nearing the fourth anniversary of his final Test century. “Sometimes it’s a simple game that we complicate,” he said. “We’re trying to take back the complex nature of it, and allow people to go out and express themselves.”
Bairstow and Overton – who are also unbeaten, are 11 runs away from what would have been only a second first-class century. The instructions the two received over tea demonstrated the extent to which the current England leadership is trying to address the complexities. England were 91 for six, still 238 behind and in deep trouble, facing a period of play that might have easily settled it.
Also, Jonny Bairstow applauded the efforts out by Jamie Overton who is playing his first international match is only 11 runs away from century on debut. “We were 55-6 there and for Jamie to come in and play the way that he did on his debut under pressure, to have the confidence to come out and play the way that he did against a very, very good New Zealand attack is quite exceptional,” added Bairstow.