Bairstow Scored Second-fastest Century In Test Cricket For Eng

Bairstow scored the second-fastest century in Test Cricket for England: Eng vs NZ. Jonny Bairstow’s Test storm, scored a century in just so many balls and England won by 5 wickets.

England cricket team’s middle-order batsman Jani Bairstow presented a stormy batting performance in the second innings of the Nottingham Test against New Zealand.

Seeing the way Bairstow batted in the second innings against New Zealand, it did not seem that he was playing a Test match at all.

In the second innings of the second Test match, he scored 136 runs in 92 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 14 fours and his strike rate was 147.83.

On the strength of his innings, he played a big role in England’s victory in the second test match and the English team defeated the Kiwis by 5 wickets.

Bairstow scored the second-fastest century in Test cricket for England.

Jonny Bairstow completed his century in the second innings against New Zealand in just 77 balls and he also became the second-fastest batsman to score a century in Test cricket for England.

The record for England’s fastest century in Test cricket is recorded in the name of Joseph, who did this feat in 76 balls against Australia in 1902.

Top 4 batsmen to score the fastest century in Tests for England.

76 balls – Joseph vs AUS (1902)

77 balls – Jonny Bairstow vs NZ (2022)

85 balls – Ben Stokes vs NZ (2015)

86 balls – Ian Batham vs AUS (1981)

Bairstow scored the second-fastest century in the fourth innings of the Test.

76 balls – Gilbert Joseph vs Australia in 1902.

77 balls – Jonny Bairstow vs New Zealand in 2022.

78 balls – Shahid Afridi vs West Indies in 2005.

84 balls – Matthew Hayden vs Zimbabwe in 2003.

85 balls – Joe Darling vs England in 1898.

England won the test match.

In the second Test against England, New Zealand scored 553 runs in the first innings on the basis of centuries by Daryl Mitchell (190 runs) and Tom Blundell (106 runs).

In response, England scored 539 runs in the first innings on the basis of 145 runs by Ollie Pap and 176 by Joe Root.

New Zealand got a lead of 14 runs on the basis of the first innings and the Kiwis scored 284 runs in the second innings.

After this, England got a target of 299 runs to win, which England achieved by losing 5 wickets on the basis of Bairstow’s 136 runs and captain Ben Stokes’ unbeaten 75 runs and won the match by 5 wickets.