Jonny Bairstow

“I've learnt a lot about Dad from going around the world and listening to other people. Whether I've been in Australia, the Caribbean, Leeds, Scarborough or London there's always someone who's got a story about him.”

“I've always said I don't mind where I bat and I have exactly the same mindset when I'm batting seven as I would at five.”

“But having gone through two bouts of breast cancer and all the operations and treatments it's fair to say mum's a special human being - especially as she had to deal with the tragedy and heartache that went with Dad's death.”

“When Dad passed away, grandpa took on that mantle of teaching me how to tackle at football or taking me and mum to cricket.”

“If you're constantly striving for questions that are never going to be answered, then you're only being detrimental to your own mental health.”

“When I came into the England team I was always being asked whether I 'really' wanted to be a wicketkeeper. It was as though no one had noticed the work I'd already put in to make myself one.”

“I don't think there have been many dull celebrations after any of my hundreds for England. It's been an emotional time for me over the last few weeks. Interpret them as you wish.”

“In my head I'm talking all the time.”

“The great risk of being alive is always that something can happen to you - or to someone you dearly love - at any moment.”

“People don't actually see what's gone on behind the scenes - the hard work, when you're doing your rehab, when you're sleeping on an ice machine - and yet they have an opinion on it.”

“If you suddenly go striving for different things from what have stood you in good stead over a period of time then you're searching for something that you are probably not going to find.”

“When my dad died, I was eight. Becky was seven. My mum had cancer, the first of two bouts that she's fought and beaten.”

“I'm a bit taller too because I've got Mum's legs and Dad was a bit more squat and well-built than me. My brother Andrew is a bit more like Dad.”

“When you're going through difficult times, like I was after the 2013-14 Ashes, you start thinking about different bits. Rugby is a huge passion of mine, a lot of my friends play.”

“Every young cricketer from our county dreams of playing for Yorkshire and going on to represent England.”

“It's important to have a smile with spectators but it's not always possible.”

“With my dad gone, I made a resolution to myself. I would become the man of the house. Adulthood was still more than a decade away for me.”

“The place closest to my dad's heart, unequivocally his favourite, was Scarborough. To him it was the epitome of the English coast, postcard perfect.”

“When I came into the Yorkshire academy I was christened Bluey almost immediately.”

“Most people believe their family is special. I know mine is.”