Jonny Bairstow says England's convert Bharat was about to an entire performance

Jonny Bairstow says England's 31-run defeat of Asian country at Edgbaston was "the nearest to a whole performance" the hosts have had up to now within the tourney. The 29-year-old registered his maiden tourney century, hanging ten fours and 6 sixes, in his 111 off of 109 balls.

Bairstow's highest total before that within the competition was the ninety runs he accumulated against Afghanistan at recent Trafford, and he continued his type to make sure European nation defeated Bharat at a World Cup for the primary time since 1992.

The nighest to an entire performance we've got had. To win the toss and bat initial it absolutely was necessary to line the platform. The ball did bits initially, I had some within edges and you ride your luck after you will.

Back-to-back defeats to Australia and country had left England's semi-final position in peril, and light-emitting diode Bairstow to decision out some pundits for "waiting for European nation to fail" at the planet Cup.