Dropped from England's Test side following poor performances in the Ashes, Jonny Bairstow is hoping to give the selectors a timely reminder of his quality with a good showing in the T20I leg of the upcoming tour of  New Zealand in November and earn a recall for the Test series in South Africa later in the year. 

"I don't see why T20 performance cannot influence Test selection," Bairstow was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. "If you're scoring runs - no matter the format - it definitely influences things."

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"We saw Jason Roy picked for The Ashes off the back of ODIs and Jos Buttler came back into the Test team in 2018 after impressing in the IPL."

"I don't mind if I keep. I just want to return to the squad to try and get back in the side. Wherever that may be hopefully there's an opportunity that arises and hopefully I'll be able to take that when it does," he added. 

"The T20s will be great craic. New Zealand is an unbelievable place to tour and play cricket. There are some new guys in the squad and it will be good to get to know them."

Bairstow went through a prolonged sabbatical from First-Class cricket while preparing for the World Cup, and that he says, played a role in his Ashes downfall. "We didn't play red-ball cricket for the best part of five months. From the Caribbean tour to July I think it was and then not having any county games to get back into was potentially difficult," he said. 

"You could see that some people had played more red ball cricket than others throughout the Ashes series and that's on both sides. Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Bancroft (Australia batsmen, who played in the county championship leading upto the Ashes) came into it after having played county cricket. It was bound to happen with scheduling a World Cup and Ashes in the same summer," Bairstow added. 

However, the 30-year-old also believes time away from Test cricket will allow him to tighten up his defence and work on other chinks in his technique. "I'm excited about having some time to work on things without necessarily being watched on telly or having my game stripped down," he said. "With the busy schedule, I've not been able to do that for four or five years."

"I'll get myself in a peak physical, mental and technical state so I can go from the T20s into two or three weeks' solid work in England working on my game. I've already had some net sessions in the past week and they have gone well."

"To refresh and re-focus is important. I want to represent England in all formats. I'll work hard in the time I have and hopefully impress enough to be in contention for South Africa," Bairstow concluded. 

The five-match T20I series begins in Christchurch on November 1. 

(Inputs from ESPNcricinfo)