England Lions are poised to call up Jonathan Trott

easyrider,
i agree i will never forget what i heard on stump cam what the aussies said to shiv chanderpaul and the coms kept their mouth shut.

rider as you may have heard i am a big time chanderpaul fan. so shiv was diggin in. they aussies were frustrated. when they they used nasty words with the collie word i was done with them. what a great team but to stoop to those levels. i am astounded. for me sarwan is a hero for putting mcgrath in his place.

jackass mcgrath said something nasty to sarwan but when my country bais put him in his place then mcgrath wanted to be indignant?

what a loser mcgrath

so rider that stump cam caught what was said to shiv.  i respect their talent but those aussies are out of line.

noooooooooooo sarwan did not know. he reacted to what mcgrath said

Paul Collingwood led Durham to a five-wicket One-Day Cup victory over Warwickshire, despite a century from ex-England team-mate Jonathan Trott.
Trott followed up a Championship ton against Sussex last week with a 108-ball 106, while Tim Ambrose's 70 helped the Bears post 264 all out

London - England batsman Jonathan Trott insisted Saturday that Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson was not responsible for his early exit from England's Ashes tour as he criticised Michael Vaughan's reaction to his health problems.

When Trott quit what turned out to be a 5-0 Ashes thrashing by Australia after twice falling cheaply to fast bowler Mitchell Johnson in the first Test in Brisbane, England officials said he was suffering from a "stress-related illness".

However, South Africa-born batsman Trott later told Sky television he'd been "burnt out" but was not depressed.

That prompted Vaughan, England captain from 2003-2008, to write in his Daily Telegraph column in March that he felt "conned" because he thought Trott's comments in the interview were a sign he'd been struggling for cricketing reasons, not mental health ones.

However, in an interview with Saturday's Daily Mail, Trott said: "A lot of people said it was Mitchell Johnson but it really wasn't. It was what was going on with me; self-inflicted really.

"Give him (Johnson) credit. He bowled really well in the one-day series and Tests... I've actually had a few centuries against Johnson, so I wouldn't say it's a technique issue.

"But without digging deeper and finding out what's going on, that's what people focus on," added Trott, who in 49 Tests has scored 3 763 runs including nine hundreds at an average of 46.75.

Trott, 33, has not played for England since the Brisbane match although he subsequently returned to county duty with Warwickshire, although a recurrence of the illness in April led to another break from cricket.

But since coming back again with the Midlands county in June, Trott has been in fine form for Warwickshire with four centuries - two each in the County Championship and the 50-over One Day Cup.

After his second break from cricket, Vaughan wished Trott a speedy recovery but the way in which he initially responded had left its mark.

"There were a few people who had a go at me and I suppose it gives a true reflection of their personality," Trott said.

"I guess there will always be people who don't like you... But it was quite hard to take, from someone who had played in the England team. That's the measure of the person you are dealing with I suppose."

Reflecting on his state of mind when he first took time out, Trott said: "I wasn't sure if I wanted to play cricket any more. It became a relief to be away from it."

But Trott said a "last throw of the dice" visit to renowned sports psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters, who has worked with five-time world snooker champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, Liverpool Football Club and the British cycling team restored his self-belief.

"I'd found someone who understood me," Trott said. "Someone I could speak to. I called Abi (Trott's wife) and I just said 'I'll be fine now'."

As for his current state of mind, Trott said: "I'm just enjoying playing for Warwickshire right now and if I get the chance to play for England again, great."

But he added it was harder to convince people of a recovery in his case. "I guess people are a bit more wary than if it was an (physical) injury... There is less evidence to, I suppose, to prove I am better."

Unfortunately for Trott, he was lbw for just two to former England team-mate Paul Collingwood while batting for Warwickshire against Durham in the One-Day Cup final at Lord's on Saturday.
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