Jonathan Trott has found himself opening the batting for England

Jonathan Trott has found himself opening the batting for England after his comeback.

And, there’s the possibility that he would continue at that position in the Ashes series too.

Trott used to bat one down until he was hit by that depression issue in the middle of the Australian tour 2013.

It took him one and half years to revive himself from that, but, during that period, Garry Ballance secured that no. 3 spot, scoring regular hundreds, leaving no option for the team management, but, to push Trott upwards to the opening slot.

Trott was actually lucky that there was a vacancy at the top of the order with Sam Robson failing the previous season.

If Robson had gone well and had established himself as the opening partner of Cook, Trott might not have got himself into the playing XI at all.

And, even now, Trott will have to go well to make sure that he stays in the XI for the Ashes games. Continue reading “Jonathan Trott has found himself opening the batting for England”