England's South African XI

Jonathan Trott

Trott's flourishing career was cut short by reasons such as stress and anxiety

Right-handed solid top order batsman Jonathan Trott was born in Cape Town in 1981 to a South African family of English descent. Holding a British passport, Trott never had to wait to be eligible to play cricket for England.

After having played for U-19 South Africa, Trott got selected to the England Test team in 2009 and impressed with a century on debut against Australia in the Ashes-deciding Test at the Oval.

He was a very solid batsman and once in, he gave the bowlers a tough time as he put a huge price on his wicket. In his 52 Test career that was cut short by anxiety and depression problems-he retired from international cricket in 2015 and from all forms of the game in 2018, Trott scored 3835 runs @ 44.08 including nine scores of a hundred plus.