Jonathan Trott Profile

Jonathan Trott Profile

An aggressive right-hander, Trott was born and raised in South Africa to a family steeped in cricketing history: he is related to Albert Trott, the former Australia batsman, though he is unsure exactly how. And he followed in the footsteps of Kevin Pietersen, committing his future to England then becoming an Ashes-winning batsman when he hit a hundred on Test debut at The Oval. 

He played in the Under-15 and Under-19 World Cups for South Africa but was a British passport holder and therefore not considered an overseas player, making his first team debut for Warwickshire in 2003.

Prior to that, Trott struck a record score of 245 for Warwickshire's Second XI on debut in 2002, sharing in a third-wicket stand of 397 with Trevor Penney. He scored 134 on his County Championship debut for Warwickshire against Sussex in 2003 and in the same year became the first batsman to carry his bat in the Twenty20 Cup, hitting a 54-ball 65 not out against Gloucestershire. In 2003 he also recorded his maiden first class five-wicket return, taking 7 for 39 against Kent at Canterbury.

Trott enjoyed a prolific 2005 season and was one of only two Warwickshire batsmen to score 1,000 first class runs with a top score of 210 and he topped the club's averages in the domestic one-day competition with an average of over 60 including two hundreds. His fine form continued with New Zealand side Otago over the summer, although he returned home early as a precaution after a scan on his back.

In 2006 he again topped 1000 runs and was rewarded for his consistency with a call-up to England's one-day squad in June 2007, but was already losing his form by then and suffered a poor end to the season. However, after another solid 18 months he earned his first Test call-up for the fifth Test of the Ashes series, and celebrated the occasion with a brilliant debut century.

A difficult tour of South Africa followed, with Trott making a vital 69 in a tense draw in the first Test at Centurion, but failing to pass fifty in five innings thereafter and finishing the tour with scores of 5 and 8 as the hosts squared the series at the Wanderers. He was an inconsistent member of England's winter tour to Bangladesh, but bounced back with good early-season form for Warwickshire in 2010 and a marathon 226 to set up a win in the first Test of Bangladesh's tour at Lord's in May 2010. 

 

Full name Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott

Born April 22, 1981, Cape Town, Cape Province 

Current age 29 years 231 days

Major teams England, Boland, England Lions, Otago, Warwickshire, Western Province

Also known as Trotters

Nickname Booger

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 6 ft 0 in 

Education Stellenbosch University

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	15	26	3	1397	226	60.73	2900	48.17	4	5	160	0	8	0
ODIs	11	11	1	483	110	48.30	647	74.65	1	5	42	0	3	0
T20Is	7	7	1	138	51	23.00	144	95.83	0	1	9	3	0	0
First-class	158	265	33	10545	226	45.45			24	52			150	0
List A	173	161	31	5956	125*	45.81			12	40			57	0
Twenty20	76	71	16	2081	86*	37.83	1811	114.90	0	13	215	32	18	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	15	6	114	86	1	1/16	1/23	86.00	4.52	114.0	0	0	0
ODIs	11	3	66	47	0	-	-	-	4.27	-	0	0	0
T20Is	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	158		4358	2471	56	7/39		44.12	3.40	77.8		1	0
List A	173		1423	1331	52	4/55	4/55	25.59	5.61	27.3	1	0	0
Twenty20	76	11	144	234	8	2/19	2/19	29.25	9.75	18.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

 
Test debut     England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 20-23, 2009 

Last Test     Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 3-7, 2010

ODI debut     Ireland v England at Belfast, Aug 27, 2009
Last ODI     England v Pakistan at Southampton, Sep 22, 2010

T20I debut     England v West Indies at The Oval, Jun 28, 2007
Last T20I     England v Pakistan at Dubai, Feb 20, 2010

First-class debut     2000/01
Last First-class     Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 3-7, 2010
List A debut     1999/00
Last List A     England v Pakistan at Southampton, Sep 22, 2010
Twenty20 debut     Somerset v Warwickshire at Taunton, Jun 13, 2003
Last Twenty20     Leicestershire v Warwickshire at Leicester, Jul 18, 2010