Bairstow impressed by newcomers

England’s Jonny Bairstow says his team can take plenty of positives from the Twenty20 warm-up win over New Zealand on Saturday. The Yorkshire batsman finished 78 not out from just 45 deliveries as England secured a six-wicket victory in Lincoln. England had been rusty in the field during the early stages, with Bairstow blaming strong winds for some dropped catches. Batsman Tom Banton and pace bowlers Pat Brown and Saqib Mahmood all made their debuts ahead of the T20 series against the Kiwis and Bairstow was impressed by the three newcomers. Bairstow said: “It went well. It was something to let the guys get settled in. This won’t be the perfect performance from them, there’s bound to be nerves, bound to be bits that they’ll want to improve. “But the conditions, running into the wind from the (bowlers), it’s a huge effort to be running in and trying to execute your skills the first time you’ve played for England, so I thought they did really well.”