'Everything you want in Test cricket'published at 17:56 British Summer Time 14 June 2022
More from Jonny Bairstow to TMS: "Look at the crowd which has turned up on day five of a Test match at Trent Bridge - 13,000. People question Test cricket at times and the way in which it is played over a period of time. But there's been over 500 scored in both first innings' and 300 chased down in the last innings. If that isn't an advert for Test cricket I don't know what is.
"It was fantastic to have such a crowd in on five day. It was full of buzz. Everything you want in Test cricket. It was so fresh - it was great."
On being given freedom by Stokes & McCullum: "It means a lot. There are going to be times when it doesn't come off. That's part and parcel of it. If you keep the intent - to try and be positive. I've always tried to be positive. Sometimes it's been my downfall but that's part and parcel of the game. There's always periods of time where you look at things and you're able to change your game and that's one of the things that I pride myself on, the runs I have scored when it is tough but how I've been able to change games when we've been OK but also while it's been going tricky."