England Should Consider Trotting Into Form

It has been a walkover. An Australian side furious over losing the Ashes has unleashed hell in the ODI series to get as much revenge as possible and England’s sub standard side has been demolished.

What is baffling is that there is talent sitting on the sideline… Wait a minute, not on the sideline, he isn’t even in the squad!

Jonathan Trott hit the English test team with a bang debuting with a 41 then following it up with a glorious 119 in England’s ashes winning test at The Oval. Scores are one thing, how convincing you look when you get them is another. And I can tell you Trott has the goods. After only a couple of overs of watching his debut innings I could tell he was quality. Compared to some of the English bunnies he looked confident, solid, classy — like an Australian? (Well… He is South African. I suppose that explains it.) I said straight away – he is going to get a score. 41 proved me right – and his mode of dismissal was unlucky. Then we all know what happened in the second innings.

This bloke, who averages 42 in List A (Domestic One Dayers) matches, who replaced a hopeless Bopara in the test team, now sits behind him again in the ODI squad. For the record, Bopara averages 34 in List A games. And what about some of the other mugs in the English batting line up? Denly’s List A average is 32. Shah 35. Morgan 35. Fair dinkum not only do these guys’ stats not stand up, but they just look hopeless! Dead set bunnies! What are the selectors thinking, what are they on?

With their current team, England are going to Trott on towards a 7-0 embarrasment (which I won’t complain about at all considering the 11.50 odds I got for that result!). Trott has a huge future and why they are delaying him is a mystery.