Why does jonathan trott play for england

Trott, 39, scored almost 19, first-class runs in his career, marking his international debut in with a century against Australia in a home Ashes victory. He was part of the England side that became the number one Test team in the world and was named the International Cricket Council's player of the year in He retired from international cricket after the Test series in the West Indies, having scored 3, runs at an average of He also averaged Arnold Schwarzenegger on having the guts to go green.

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It appears England have decided against registering a formal complaint against the pitch in the last Test — doing so would have achieved little — but widespread criticism of the surface from former players such as Michael Vaughan and Alastair Cook has still irked India somewhat. They want to improve, they look like they want to have a better contest.

Is it the players who are complaining about the pitches? But the fact is that talk about the surface is getting out of hand. Why would you talk about it time and again?