Jonathan Trott

Personal information

Full name

Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott

Born

22 April 1981 (age 35)
Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa

Nickname

Trotters, Booger, Leon

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

Role

Top-order batsman

Relations

Kenny Jackson (half-brother), Tom Dollery (grandfather-in-law)

International information

National side

England (2009–2015)

Test debut (cap 645)

20 August 2009 v Australia

Last Test

1 May 2015 v West Indies

ODI debut (cap 211)

27 August 2009 v Ireland

Last ODI

14 September 2013 v Australia

ODI shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2000–2001

Boland

2001–2002

Western Province

2002–present

Warwickshire (squad no. 9)

2005–2006

Otago

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	52	68	241	253
Runs scored	3,835	2,819	16,032	9,128
Batting average	44.08	51.25	44.65	47.29
100s/50s	9/19	4/22	38/78	18/63
Top score	226	137	226	137
Balls bowled	708	183	5,810	1,684
Wickets	5	2	68	54
Bowling average	80.00	83.00	47.85	29.29
5 wickets in innings	0	0	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/5	2/31	7/39	4/55
Catches/stumpings	29/–	14/–	200/–	72/–

Source: CricketArchive, 9 June 2016

Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott (born 22 April 1981) is a South African-born former England Test cricketer. Domestically, he plays for Warwickshire, and he has also played in South Africa and New Zealand. He was ICC and ECB Cricketer of the Year in 2011.

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. A comeback attempt in April 2014 was shelved due to a recurrence of the condition. Trott returned to the England team for the 2015 West Indies Test series, but after struggling in the series, he retired from all international cricket on 4 May 2015.

Trott was born in Cape Town to a South African family of English descent. Educated at Rondebosch Boys' High School, St Stithians Boys College and Stellenbosch University, and a resident of Helshoogte Manskoshuis in Stellenbosch, he played for South Africa at both under-15 and under-19 level.

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