The England selectors today announced a 16-man squad captained by Alastair Cook for the three-match Test series in the West Indies which starts next month. The Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott, who captained England Lions on their recent tour of South Africa, returns to the squad after an 18-month absence from the international scene. There are …
The England selectors today announced two provisional 14-man England Lions squads for the tour to South Africa early next year. The squads will cover separate First Class and one-day legs of the tour which will include two four-day matches and five 50-over matches against South Africa ‘A’. Sam Robson (Middlesex), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire) and Kent’s …
England batsman Jonathan Trott, who returned home from the Ashes tour with a stress-related illness, is due to be back in action for Warwickshire at the start of the domestic season. Trott has not played since November’s opening Ashes Test in Brisbane but is set to feature in his county’s friendly with Gloucestershire at Edgbaston …
Ian Bell is more than happy to fill England’s vacancy at number three when the Ashe resumes in Adelaide next week. The Warwickshire batsman has spent significant chunks of his international career coming in at first wicket down, scoring a magnificent, career-best 235 when deputising for an injured Jonathan Trott at the Kia Oval against …