Bairstow has returned to Welsh Fire after previous stints with the franchise. <\/p>\n
“It is great to be back,” said Bairstow.<\/p>\n
“It was a good crowd the other day and I am fortunate to play in front of some passionate Welsh fans.<\/p>\n
“I know they are passionate for the rugby and sport in general.” <\/p>\n
While there is only one Welsh player in each of the men’s and women’s squad in Ben Kellaway and Alex Griffiths, the franchise are trying to tap into the Welsh sporting psyche.<\/p>\n
Bairstow is friendly with Wales full-back Liam Williams and met up with him this week for a barbecue.<\/p>\n
“It is great to have the connection with the Welsh rugby,” said Bairstow.<\/p>\n
“Some of the Welsh rugby lads love their cricket and that’s a special bond we can have.”<\/p>\n
That bond was extended when former Wales and Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones addressed the Welsh Fire squad.<\/p>\n
“Alun Wyn came in last week and spoke with the guys,” said Bairstow.<\/p>\n
“Any time you are around those guys and are able to have a chat with them about what it means to represent Wales, in what we are trying to do and inspire a generation here, is important.<\/p>\n
“He is a Welsh icon and the leadership he has had over a number of years, leading Wales and the Lions out, you can only try and pick his brains.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bairstow has returned to Welsh Fire after previous stints with the franchise. “It is great to be back,”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-64430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}