Jonny Bairstow insists relaxing at the crease has helped his recent transformation after an unbeaten century for England at Headingley
. There has been much talk of England’s full-bore positivity under their new coach, Brendon McCullum, and the captaincy of Ben Stokes. Its long-term impact remains to be seen but Bairstow certainly seems a player transformed.
When Bairstow returned to the team towards the end of England’s miserable Ashes series it was approaching the fourth anniversary of his last Test century. He has since hit four in eight games. “Sometimes it’s a simple game that we complicate,” he said. “We’re trying to strip that complicated nature of it back, and allow people to go out and express themselves.”
What followed was 173 runs off 174 balls, and another twist in what is turning into a thrilling Test summer. “It’s been the same thing throughout this whole series,” said Daryl Mitchell, who had earlier completed his own third century of the series to help New Zealand to a first innings total of 329. “As an onlooker I reckon it must have been a hell of a game of cricket to watch, almost like a heavyweight boxing fight the way both teams are throwing punches.
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