Giles: Trott Must Be Seen As A Great

ENGLAND have never replaced Jonathan Trott and should treasure him as one of the finest number threes in the countrys history.

- Richard Edwards

That’s the view of Ashley Giles, Warwickshire’s sport director, who witnessed Trott’s transformation from an impetuous youth to one of English cricket’s most reliable and insatiable run-getters.

The former England man signed off by helping Warwickshire to the division two title this week after a sensational career for both county and country.

Despite cutting his England career short – Trott played the last of his 52 Tests in May 2015 – the 37year-old continued to score prolifically for Warwickshire and only just missed out on posting 1000 runs in his final season in domestic cricket.

It’s his runs for England, though, that live longest in the memory, with his heroics in the final Test of the 2009 Ashes coupled with his consistency in the 2010-11 series Down Under that played such a huge role in one of the country’s most successful ever periods.

And it’s his relentless appetite for runs that, Giles believes, sets him apart from his contemporaries.