| David Bairstow |
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| England |
| 1979-1981 |
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| Right Hand Bat, Wicket-keeper |
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| Saturday, 1st September 1951. Bradford, Yorks |
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| Thursday, 30th August 1979 4th v. India at The Oval (Aged: 27) |
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Matches: 4
Runs: 125 Ave: 20.83
Catches: 12
Stumpings: 1
Last Test: 1981 3rd v. West Indies at Bridgetown |
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| Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw |
Date: 28th May 1980 |
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David Bairstow, the chunky wicket-keeper from Bradford, was one of the reasons Mike Brearley's side was able to keep English dignity alive in the first official World Series in Australia in 1979-80. Australians, convinced they were way ahead of the poor old Poms with their floodlit cricket and other innovations, were ready to scoff. England were set to be the clowns of the floodlit circus. The intellect of Mike Brearley and the heroics of people like Bairstow stopped that. They got up Australian noses, particularly when, in one tight finish, wicket-keeper Bairstow was sent to long stop and every England fielder was on the boundary. 'Bluey' Bairstow - so called for his red hair - was ideally suited for one-day cricket, smashing boundaries with his strong forearms, so it was a pity he was never found a World Cup place. He played in all the one-day internationals on Brearley's first tour in 1978-79, although Bob Taylor kept wicket in all the Tests. He was run out cheaply in both his innings and his only real mark was to catch Hilditch off Ian Botham in Melbourne. He got a Test match against India at the Oval in 1979, scoring 59 in the second innings. At Headingley against the West Indies in 1980 he made 43, top score in England's paltry 143. He also played in the Centenary Test at Lord's and got one Test in Barbados with Ian Botham's team to West Indies. He played some soccer for Bradford City, but his finest hour was under the lights at Sydney when, with England under the Australian thumb, he and Yorkshire team-mate Graham Stevenson bashed a quick 35 to record an unlikely victory. (Bob Harragan)
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