Jonathan Trott
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott | |||
| Born | 22 April 1981 Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa |
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| Nickname | Trotters, Booger, Leon[1] | |||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Role | Middle-order batsman | |||
| Relations | Kenny Jackson (half-brother) | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Only Test (cap 645) | 20 August 2009 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 211) | 27 August 2009 v Ireland | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 4 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2000–2001 | Boland | |||
| 2001–2002 | Western Province | |||
| 2002– | Warwickshire (squad no. 9) | |||
| 2005–2006 | Otago | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 3 | 4 | 137 | 154 |
| Runs scored | 275 | 148 | 8,888 | 5,016 |
| Batting average | 55.00 | 49.33 | 44.66 | 44.38 |
| 100s/50s | 1/1 | 0/2 | 20/45 | 9/33 |
| Top score | 119 | 87 | 210 | 125* |
| Balls bowled | 36 | 48 | 4,166 | 1,405 |
| Wickets | – | 0 | 51 | 52 |
| Bowling average | – | – | 45.92 | 25.25 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | – | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | 0/8 | 7/39 | 4/55 |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/– | 2/– | 131/– | 50/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 28 November 2009 | ||||
Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott (born 22 April 1981 in Cape Town) is a South African-born English cricketer who has played domestic cricket in South Africa, England and New Zealand. A right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler, he played two Twenty20 Internationals for England in 2007. Good performances for his county in 2008 and 2009, as well as a productive tour in 2008–09 with the England Lions, led to a call-up to the senior England Test squad in August 2009 for the fifth Ashes Test. He scored a century in that Test on 22 August 2009, becoming the 18th England player to do so on his Test debut.
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[edit] Early life
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The Trott family asserts that former Test players Albert Trott and Harry Trott are included in their ancestry. His half-brother, Kenny Jackson, represented the Netherlands and Western Province.[2] Trott was born in Cape Town to a South African family of British descent. Educated at Rondebosch Boys' High School and Stellenbosch University, he played for South Africa at both under-15 and under-19 level.[2]
[edit] Cricket
[edit] Warwickshire
Due to his British ancestry, Trott is not considered an overseas player in County cricket. On Warwickshire second-XI debut in 2002 he compiled a record score of 245;[2] the following year he scored 134 on County Championship debut for Warwickshire,[3] and in the same season claimed a haul of 7 for 39 with his occasional seam bowling,[4] his maiden first-class five-wicket haul. Trott hit four first class centuries for Warwickshire during the 2005 season, bettering his previous career best to 152 against Glamorgan before taking it to 210 against Sussex three weeks later. His 1,161 first class runs of 2005 was the second-highest tally of the Warwickshire season, only behind Nick Knight.[5] Before his first international Test call-up, Trott had hit 8,121 first class runs at an average of just under 44.
[edit] International
[edit] T20 debut
Although he played for South Africa at U19 level, Trott is eligible to play for England as a result of his grandparents being English. Following a good season in 2007 he was selected in June 2007 for England's one day squad for the series against the West Indies. He was given the nickname Leon, after Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky by the England team.[1] Trott shook off a hand injury and played in both Twenty20 Internationals against the West Indies but failed to contribute in double figures and the series ended 1–1.[6]
[edit] 2009 Ashes
On 4 August 2009, during a strong county season for Warwickshire during which he was averaging over 90, it was announced that Trott would be included in the 14 man Ashes squad, to play against Australia in the fourth Test at Headingley. Trott did not feature in that match, but he was then named in the England starting line up to face Australia in the decisive Ashes Test at the Brit Oval and made his debut.[7][8]
Trott batted solidly during the first innings, scoring 41 runs before being run out by Simon Katich.[9] He scored 119 in the second innings, becoming the 18th England player to score a hundred on debut, the first to do so against Australia since Graham Thorpe in 1993, and the highest scoring Warwickshire batsman on Test debut.[10] England went on to win the Test, and the Ashes series.[11] After that Test Series, Tottenham Hotspur, the football team he supported when he was a boy, gave him a signed shirt by Harry Redknapp to congratulate him on winning the Ashes and a Test century.[12]
Trott was then selected to play in the rain-affected two-match Twenty20 International matches, although the weather prevented him from playing any more than a scoreless four deliveries.[13] He was not selected for the ODI series, returning to Warwickshire to score 93 against Worcestershire,[14] though on September 11 it was announced that he had been awarded an "incremental contract" with England.[15]
[edit] England in South Africa, 2009/10
Trott earned selection for the tour to South Africa that winter,[16] thanks to his Ashes efforts and his batting form which helped Warwickshire to the Second Division 2009 Pro40 title.[17] However, on the eve of the tour former captain Michael Vaughan announced in his biography his disappointment in seeing Trott celebrating with the South African cricket team after their victory over England the previous year.[18] Trott rejected the claims, and was supported by captain Andrew Strauss. Both were disappointed by Vaughan's comments.[19]
In the second One Day International in South Africa at Centurion Park, Trott was promoted to open the innings alongside Strauss and he responded by producing an innings of 87, that along with a century from Paul Collingwood, with whom he shared a substantial partnership, helped England win the game.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b England's latest Ashes batsman, Channel4, Retrieved on 19 August 2009
- ^ a b c Luke, Will (August 2009). "Player Profile: Jonathan Trott". CricInro. http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47623.html. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ Warwickshire v Sussex, 2003
- ^ Kent v Warwickshire, 2003
- ^ 2005 First-Class Averages - Warwickshire, Cricinfo, Retrieved on 19 August 2009
- ^ "Trott fitness boost for England". BBC News. BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6242854.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Miller, Andrew (August 19, 2009). "Ponting piles pressure onto Trott". CricInro. http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/420410.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ England v Australia at the Oval, 5th Test, 2009
- ^ English, Peter (August 20, 2009). "Trott stays calm during pressure debut". CricInfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/current/story/420635.html. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Miller, Andrew (August 23, 2009). "Trott buries Australia with debut ton". CricInfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/current/story/421236.html. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ "Victorious England regain Ashes". BBC News Online. BBC. August 23, 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8217035.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
- ^ "Trottenham Hotspur!". The Sun. August 26, 2009. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/cricket/2606610/Trottenham-Hotspur.html. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Australia in England T20I Series - 1st T20I England v Australia". CricInfo. August 30, 2009. http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/engine/match/350050.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ Dobell, George (September 3, 2009). "Trott produces a masterclass". CricInfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/423377.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ Brown, Alex (September 11, 2009). "Harmison and Panesar lose contracts". CricInfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/424535.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ^ "Harmison and Bopara miss out". CricInfo. October 8, 2009. http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/428799.html. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Trott helps Warwickshire to Divison Two title". CricInfo. September 27, 2009. http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/426921.html. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Jonathan Trott denies Vaughan 'party' claims". CricInfo. October 31, 2009. http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/432260.html. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
- ^ "Andrew Strauss sure of Jonathan Trott's commitment". CricInfo. October 31, 2009. http://www.cricinfo.com/rsaveng09/content/story/432350.html. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
