• Keeper-batsman keen to preserve last season’s sensational form
• Champions of 2014 and 2015 open defence against Hampshire on 17 AprilJonny Bairstow feels no added pressure to perform as Yorkshire prepare to defend their County Championship title,starting against Hampshire next Sunday. Englands likely wicketkeeper in the three-Test series against Sri Lanka, that begins at his domestic ground of Headingley next month, or said: “Every single season there is pressure on,playing at Yorkshire that is something you have grown up with. First and foremost, it is approximately getting back into the swing of things and then that will depend on selection for England.”The 26-year-old hit 1108 runs at an average of 92.33 in 15 innings during Yorkshire’s moment successive championship victory, and is relaxed approximately this year. “I don’t set targets,” he said. “It is a case of going out and doing as well as I can, for Yorkshire and for England, and see how far I can get.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com