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October 12, 2011
For a player who is ICC Cricketer of the Year and has hit heady heights with his run-scoring, Jonathan Trott still has to cope with plenty of questions being asked about his place especially in the one-day game. However, unsurprisingly for a man whose key trait is the single-mindedness he brings to his batting, Trott isn't getting worked up by thoughts of having to fight for his England berth.
He continues his No. 3 role in a series of one day international against India, starting on Friday and showed him the fluidity 74 68 balls in England's second warm-up match in Hyderabad XI yesterday. He added 143 with Jonny Bairstow who flayed the limits around the country, but it's not a game, and Trott, is comfortable in the role.
"For an older guy of the team is good to see that the strength in depth," he said. "It makes you try to grow and become even better. I think I've had great success in recent years, but by no means as I have done enough to earn my place to secure. "
"You have to do it the best way that you think can help the team," he said. "That's all I'm trying to do the only thing I really believe that when I go in the center. Sometimes you're wrong, play the bad shot, but still, while you try to do the best for your teammates. I think we all have this mentality is the reason we were quite successful in recent years. "
There is fierce competition for places in the batting lineup after England Bairstow recent performances, including the ball 53 cents on Tuesday and it may be that Ian Bell, their drummer test the most impressive in of the season at home, missed the first one-day international. Kevin Pietersen is back in the SE-day, but it failed in both warm-up games, while Ravi Bopara has had a consistent race.
Trott, however, requires that the English team is not on the individual, and that does not appear, do not show. "What XI elected to go out there for the full support of each other and the boys off the field," he said. "It is not ask what the selection will be. Are you sure you want to go there to play with each other. Your job is to do it, do your best in England.
"It's not a matter of looking over your shoulder. You can not go very far if you look over your shoulder all the time. I do not think it's a great mentality to have to worry about your own place. "
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