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England batter Jonny Bairstow rose to the occasion when his team needed him the most on Day 3 of t🔯he ongoing fourth Ashes Test against Austra👍lia in Sydne﷽y. Bairstow smashed the first century for the visitors in this series in the final over of the day. The right-handed batter smashed Cummins over the backward point for a boundary to reach the triple-figu🍌re mark.
Bairstow came to bat when England had lost four wickets for just 36 runs. He formed a game-changing 128-run stand for the fifth wicket with Ben Stokes to shift the momentum💎 back into the favour of tourists.
However, Stokes (66) and Jos Buttler (0) fell in quick succession in the final session to leave England 173/6, but Bairstow formed another crucial partnership with Mark Wood (39 off 41) of 81 runs for the seventh wicket to lead England’s fightback.
Bairstow hit his seventh century in Test cricಌket, second against Australia, and stayed unbeaten for 103 as England rea🅠ched 258/7 at stumps.
For Australia, Scott Boland (2/25) and Cummins (2/68) bagged two wickets each, while Mitchell Starc (1/49), Cameron Green (1/24) and Nathan Lyon (1/71) picked up one wicket apiece.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Well played 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— @BrettLee_58 (@BrettLee_58)
That’s a fantastic 100 !! So much courage & determination to carry on after the thumb & bollock blows .. Stroke play 🎃of the highest order .. that’s the spirit .. that’s all we ask .. 👍
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Well played 👏🏼
— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13)
Like 🃏the Indians last year, we love fighters and that is exactly what has done. So h𒁏appy for him
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
Well done how and why he hasn’t played is beyond me! A pointless ♌experiment that never worked with Butler a🍰nd one that had significant consequences for Johnny’s test career
— Nick Compton (@thecompdog)
Jonny Bairstow brings up his century 👏🏼 very very well played. Had the whole SꦛCG crowd on their feet!
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB)
England in a long, never-ending tunnel of darkness. Oh, they dꦆesparately needed this ton.
A bit of character.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
This match started on the anniversary of David Bairstow's death. There was a lot of emotion in Jonny's hundred celebration. Some things are more important than Ashes series
— Nick Hoult (@NHoultCricket)
It’s taken 3 and a bit Tests but the England dressing-room finally gets the opportunity to give one of their ow🌺n a standing ovation & even the Aussies waited around with David Warner clapp🧸ing the loudest as Jonny Bairstow walked up the stairs after his courageous ton
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
English cricketers who have scored multiple Ashes centuries on Australian soil this c⛄entury:
Alastair Cook
Michael Vaughan
Kevin Pietersen
Jonathan Trott
JONNY BAIRSTOW— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1)
Delighted for Bairstow, who has struggled since Buttler's recall in 2018, been mucked about a fair bit by England management, and often (unfairly) treated with disdain by fans. It's not everything, but there are few people to whom this all matters more, for a number of reasons.
— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp)
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Stumps in Sydney 🏏
Jonny Bairstow's gritty century leads England's fightback on day three! | |
— ICC (@ICC)
Wonderful innings 👍❤️🏏
— Max Rushden 💛🖤 (@maxrushden)
Jonny Bairstow, 103 not out.
— Adam Collins (@collinsadam)
Bairstow soaks up the applause from the crowd as he leaves the ground, with the Barmy Army in fine voice as he ge🏅ts plaudits from his teammates 👏
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket)
