After announcing in this May to take retirement from the first-class cricket at the end of the season, former English international cricketer Jonathan Trott has finally put down his bat.
In his final innings in the first-class career, the Warwickshire batsman scored just 8 runs against Kent where his team won by an innings and 37 runs.
The former right-handed English batsman was one of the important national cricketers during 2009 to 2012 when England was one of the top visiting teams, especially in the Test cricket. Talking about his best career moment, Trott mentioned their India tour in 2012/13 where they won the four-match Test series by the 2-1 margin. It was their first Test series victory on the Indian soil since 1984/85.
Trott told Wisden Cricket Monthly, “Winning in India was special, especially against the team that we played – [Virender] Sehwag, [Sachin] Tendulkar, [MS] Dhoni, Harbhajan [Singh]. I always think India is the heartbeat of world cricket. England is the home but India is the ultimate Everest. To win there was a phenomenal effort.”
Trott also spoke out their best moment in the 2010/11 Ashes Series in Australia where England won by the 3-1 margin. Since 1986/87, it was their first Ashes series victory on the Australian soil.
Trott recalled that moment, “Going to Australia and winning – if that’s not fun then there’s no fun in cricket. Everyone had had quite a lot of champagne and there was music on. People were coming in and out. Families were around.”
Making his international cricket debut in 2007, Trott played 52 Tests, 68 ODIs and 7 T20Is where he scored 3,835 runs, 2,819 runs and 138 runs respectively. Meanwhile, Trott played 281 first-class matches, 274 List A games and 81 T20s where he scored 18,662 runs, 10,056 runs and 2,147 runs respectively. As a right-arm medium bowler, Trott bagged 7 wickets in the international career (5 in Test cricket and 2 in ODI cricket) and 136 wickets in the professional career (70 in first-class, 58 in List A and 8 in T20s).
Talking about his future plan, Trott wants to become a coach to help the future players.
The 37-year-old said, “I have a feeling that what I went through is going to help me as a coach and will make me more aware of things. I will never forget how difficult the game is; I will always have empathy for cricketers and it’s why I struggle to criticise players without giving a positive option. That makes me think I want to make a difference as a coach.”
