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Summary Bairstow, 22, has six caps at ODI and T20 level, but is yet to make his Test bow.
Yorkshire batsman Jonny Bairstow has been called up by England to face West Indies in the first Test of the summer at Lords.He is likely to bat at number six after Ravi Bopara was ruled out by a thigh injury.Durham pace bowler Graham Onions is the only other player in the 13-man squad who did not play a Test last winter.Bairstow plays as wicketkeeper alongside his batsman duties for Yorkshire, but will be able to concentrate on scoring runs if he plays for England with Matt Prior also in the squad. He scored an unbeaten 41 on his one-day international debut against India and was 60 not out in Englands 38-run win over Pakistan in their Twenty20 meeting in February. Bairstow follows in the footsteps of his father, David, who played four Tests for England between 1979 and 1981, including two against the West Indies.His first-class average of 46.37 is bettered by that of Nottinghamshires James Taylor, who is also 22. Taylor scored 118 for England Lions against the West Indies in the first innings of a four-day match.The third and final Test against West Indies is at Edgbaston on 7 June, with a one-day series against Australia followed by a three-Test series against South Africa.England Test squad against West Indies: Andrew Strauss (Captain, Middlesex), James Anderson (Lancashire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Alastair Cook (Essex), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Graham Onions (Durham), Kevin Pietersen (Surrey), Matt Prior (Sussex), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire).
