YJB Bairstow Test average in 2022: Jonny Bairstow continued his good form with the bat and scored a century against West Indies.
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After a disappointing Ashes, England started their test series against West Indies. Yet again, the top-order of the English side failed, and they lost their initial four wickets for 48 runs. It was looking like another collapse for England, but Jonny Bairstow again proved his class with the bat.
Jonny Bairstow scored an unbeaten knock of 109 runs in 2016 with 17 fours and stabilize the English innings. The partnership of Bairstow and Ben Foakes allowed England to make their way back again in the game.
This is not the first time that Jonny Bairstow has saved the English team from collapse. He did the same in Ashes 2021-22 against Australia in the Sydney Test. He scored 113 runs against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
YJB Bairstow Test average in 2022 (updated)
Jonny Bairstow has been terrific in 2022 so far. He has played eight matches this year, where he has scored 1066 runs at an average of 82.00, courtesy of six centuries and a solitary half-century. Bairstow, 32, has been able to successfully carry forward his form across oppositions in the ongoing English summer.
Under the coaching of Brendon McCullum, Bairstow has been able to unlock his potential with the bat. In the Trent Bridge test as well, Bairstow combined for a brilliant partnership against Ben Stokes to register an easy win for the English side.
Jonny Bairstow has been receiving a lot of praises for his performances this season. Bairstow recently said that playing in the IPL helped him to be ready for the crunch situations he is facing in the English series.
I think Jonny Bairstow may be my favourite cricketer in the world right now. On and off the pitch – the real deal. Love his heart, passion, emotion, fighting spirit, attacking mentality, sense of humour, Yorkshire grit, brutal honesty. Keep doing it your way @jbairstow21 👍 pic.twitter.com/oWauoEB2uw
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 24, 2022
List of Jonny Bairstow Test centuries (table updated)
Jonny Bairstow has scored a total of 11 centuries so far in his Test career.
| S. No. | Opposition | Score | Ground | Year |
| 1 | South Africa | 150* | Cape Town | 2016 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 150 | Leeds | 2016 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 167* | Lord’s | 2016 |
| 4 | Australia | 119 | Perth | 2017 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 101 | Christchurch | 2018 |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 110 | Colombo | 2018 |
| 7 | Australia | 113 | Sydney | 2022 |
| 8 | West Indies | 109* | Antigua | 2022 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 136 | Nottingham | 2022 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 130* | Leeds | 2022 |
| 11 | India | 106 | Birmingham | 2022 |
| 12 | India | 114* | Birmingham | 2022 |
Why Jonny Bairstow is called YJB?
Jonny Bairstow hails from Yorkshire in England, and he plays for Yorkshire county as well. So YJB means Yorkshire’s Jonny Bairstow.
