Bairstow wants to keep making Yorkshire proud

Jonny Bairstow scored 735 Championship runs for Yorkshire in 2025

Jonny Bairstow says he is determined to keep making Yorkshire proud after committing to the county for another three years.

Bairstow, who was made captain for the 2025 season, has signed a new three-year deal to stay at Headingley.

A veteran of 100 Tests and a winner of both the 50-over and T20 World Cups with England, the 36-year-old's focus is now on restoring glory to the White Rose.

"You want to please, you want to do the people of Yorkshire proud and do your family proud," he told BBC Radio Leeds.

"The heritage and the history, you want to be part of the biggest side of the club.

"When you're a bit older and your kids are coming through and their kids, and however long it goes on, you want to be walking into Headingley and looking up at the board and saying, 'My dad played here, my grandad played here'."

In Bairstow's first summer in charge on the pitch, Yorkshire finished seventh in Division One of the County Championship after promotion the year before, although they under-performed in the T20 Blast.

Bairstow hit 735 runs, which included seven half-centuries from 12 Championship games, but he could not reach a century in red-ball cricket, although he blitzed a memorable 116 off 54 balls in the Roses T20 Blast game with Lancashire at Old Trafford.

And he insists his love of playing has not diminished.

"I've been here since the age of 11 and I still feel I've got a load to give back to the club," he said.

"From a cricketing point of view, I'm absolutely loving playing back at Yorkshire. The enjoyment's not gone away, the body's still going strong, and it's a great place to play cricket."

The wicketkeeper-batter was a part of the Yorkshire side that won the Championship in 2014 and 2015, and now after a glittering international career, he would love to return those days to his club.

"One of the biggest things is I don't think we've won enough silverware in recent years," he said.

"Since winning the Championship back-to-back, we haven't been in contention.

"We have a real opportunity with a fantastic young group of lads over the next period of time - and obviously with Anthony McGrath coming back as head coach, to push on for further honours and silverware on the domestic circuit. That is exactly where we want to be as a club."