Former-England Batsman Jonathan Trott To Retire At The End Of 2018 Domestic Season

Former England batsman Jonathon Trott, on Thursday (May 3), announced that he would hang his boots at the end of the 2018 domestic season.  The Warwickshire star has been at the club since since 2002.

The right-handed batsman was an integral part of the England team that famously won the Ashes in Australia in 2010-11. He also helped them rise to the number one ranking in ICC Test rankings in 2011. He began his England career with a bang, scoring a century in the final Test of the 2009 Ashes series. Soon, he cemented his place at number three, churning out runs consistently.

Overall, he represented England in 52 Tests, scoring 3835 runs with the help of 9 centuries and 19 fifties. He also played 68 ODIs for England and averaged a brilliant 51.25 in that format. However, he often faced criticism for playing with a good pace. He scored close to 3,000 ODI runs with the help of 4 centuries and 22 fifties.

Trott’s short yet very impressive international career came to an inauspicious end. During the 2013-14 Ashes in Australia, he returned home after the first Test in Brisbane because of a stress-related illness.  He managed to return to the team on the 2015 tour to West Indies as an opener but struggled with his form. He went on to announce his retirement from international cricket at the end of that tour.

Since then, he has been plying his trade for Warwickshire. In the last two seasons, he scored over thousand runs in each season although he failed to prevent the county’s relegation to Division Two of the County Championship. Overall, he has scored over  17,000 first-class runs and will be looking to add more.

“I’ve been fortunate to have enjoyed a great career with Warwickshire and England and I am very grateful for all of the support that I have received from my fellow players, coaches and management who I have worked with,” Trott said. “Choosing to retire at the end of the season is something that I have spoken about at length with my family and this is now the right time to look at the next chapter of my career.

“Warwickshire CCC is a very special club and I’ve been immensely proud to have worn the Bear & Ragged Staff throughout my career. We’ve made a strong start to the 2018 season and I hope that I can make a major contribution to more success in my final year at Edgbaston as a player,” he added.

Trott helped Warwickshire win the County Championship twice, in 2004 and 2012. He also helped them win two one-day trophies and a T20 title in 2014.