Jonathan Trott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jonathan Trott

English cricket player

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1981

Place of Birth: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jonathan Trott

  • Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott (born 22 April 1981) is a South African-born former professional cricketer who played international cricket for the England 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.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.
  • In May 2018, Trott announced he would retire from professional cricket at the end of the English domestic cricket season.

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