Jonathan Trott

Jonathan Trott
Trott playing for England in 2010
Personal information
Full name
Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott
Born (1981-04-22) 22 April 1981 (age 43)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
NicknameTrotters, Booger, Leon[1]
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
RelationsKenny Jackson (half-brother)
Tom Dollery (grandfather-in-law)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 645)20 August 2009 v Australia
Last Test1 May 2015 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 211)27 August 2009 v Ireland
Last ODI14 September 2013 v Australia
ODI shirt no.4
T20I debut (cap 29)28 June 2007 v West Indies
Last T20I20 February 2010 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000/01Boland
2001/02Western Province
2003–2018Warwickshire (squad no. 9)
2005/06Otago
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 52 68 281 274
Runs scored 3,835 2,819 18,662 10,056
Batting average 44.08 51.25 44.32 48.11
100s/50s 9/19 4/22 46/92 23/67
Top score 226 137 226 137
Balls bowled 708 183 6,206 1,788
Wickets 5 2 70 58
Bowling average 80.00 83.00 49.81 29.31
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/5 2/31 7/39 4/55
Catches/stumpings 29/– 14/– 223/– 77/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 September 2018

Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott (born 22 April 1981) is a South African-born English former professional cricketer who played international cricket for the England cricket team and is the current head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team. Domestically, he played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club as well as playing in South Africa and New Zealand. He was ICC and ECB Cricketer of the Year in 2011.[2]

A right-handed top-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, becoming the 18th England player to do so on his Test debut. 18 months later, he scored another century at the MCG to set up the victory which saw England retain the Ashes. His highest England score in a Test match is 226, made against Bangladesh at Lord's on 28 May 2010, and he took his first Test wicket in the same match. He often fields at slip, particularly to the spinners.

Citing stress and anxiety, Trott left England's Ashes tour of Australia in November 2013, with the intention of taking a break from all forms of cricket.[3] A comeback attempt in April 2014 was shelved due to a recurrence of the condition.[3] Trott returned to the England team for the 2015 West Indies Test series,[4] but after struggling in the series, he retired from all international cricket on 4 May 2015.[5] In May 2018, Trott announced he would retire from professional cricket at the end of the English domestic cricket season.[6] In July 2022, Trott was named as the new head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team.[7]

  1. ^ England's latest Ashes batsman, Channel4, Retrieved on 19 August 2009
  2. ^ "Trott named ECB's cricketer of the year". ESPNcricinfo. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott News: Latest News about Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Jonathan Trott: England recall Warwickshire batsman". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 18 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Jonathan Trott: England batsman retires from international cricket". BBC Sport. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Jonathan Trott announces retirement plans". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Jonathan Trott named Afghanistan's new head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 July 2022.