Sri Lanka vs England 2018: England is Ready for the Task - Jonny Bairstow

After the hectic red-ball season, the time has come for the England team to have play limited-over games. Meanwhile, England landed in Sri Lanka for a five-match ODI series starting on October 10th. However, the classy opener, Jonny Bairstow quoted the team is ready for the challenge to play in the Asian conditions.

As far as the rankings or the current state of the teams are concerned, there would be no competition between England and Sri Lanka. The visitors are sitting at the top of the ICC Rankings while Sri Lanka is currently experiencing all kinds of sorts.

We would like to play on good pitches – Jonny Bairstow

Speaking of the upcoming series, the wicketkeeper-batsman quoted they are well prepared to play against all the odds. However, he expressed the team prefers to play on the good pitches.

Further, Bairstow quoted on his game, which has been in a great state. The flamboyant batsman added he is happy to come through the ranks and perform for his country at the international level.

“I’m not sure that’s going to be the case here,” Bairstow said. We’d like to play on good pitches and we’d like to have very high-scoring games but we’re prepared to guts it out and grit it out if needed.”

”If you look back 18 months ago, you wouldn’t have necessarily been standing here saying those words. It’s great that it has gone so well but I want to keep it going in the right direction,” he added to his lines.

We are not at all thinking about the 2019 World Cup – Bairstow

With the tournament scheduled in England, the hopes on the team to win their maiden trophy is high. However, Jonny Bairstow added the team isn’t looking at the 2019 World Cup.

“We’ve got a tough winter ahead before we go into the summer and who knows what’s going to happen. It’s an exciting year ahead and we’ll find a heck of a lot out about each of us and that’s an exciting thing to keep driving us forward and making sure that we’re working hard to get to that end goal,” he added.

However, it has been a great last couple of years for England in the international cricket. They prepared a solid ODI squad that has got all the ingredients to beat any opposition on a given day.