Jonathan Trott is one of the most underrated English batters to play for England. He was not able to play as much international cricket as the others but his contributions are significant. Jonathan Trott was a batter who was dependable. He played 52 Test Matches for England and in those he scored 3825 runs at an average of 44.18. He made 19 test hundreds as well as 2 double hundreds in test cricket. He also played in 68 ODIs for England and he made 2819 runs at a very good average of 51.25 with 4 hundreds in ODI Cricket. In total he has scored more than 6500 international runs and 23 international hundreds.
Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Batting Performances of Jonathan Trott
1) 226 vs Bangladesh (2010)
This was his highest test score In his career. It came early on in his career in 2010 against Bangladesh. England were Batting first and Jonathan Trott made 226 runs from 349 balls. He had a strike rate of 65 and he hit 20 fours meaning just 80 runs in boundaries. He ran for 146 runs and still had a strike rate of 65 which is incredible. Jonathan Trott was a player who was used to getting big scores. Due to this match winning performance by Jonathan Trott, England won the match by 8 wickets.
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2) 203 vs Sri Lanka (2011)
This was the second double hundred that Jonathan Trott scored in his test career and it came Against a good Sri Lanka team in 2011. England were Batting after Sri Lanka and he played 409 balls for his 203 runs. He had a strike rate of 49.63 and in this marathon innings he hit just 17 fours meaning 68 runs in boundaries. He was a batter who liked running across the wicket and got majority of his runs via ones and twos. England won this match by a whopping margin of an innings and 14 runs.
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3) 184 vs Pakistan (2010)
The love affair between Jonathan Trott and Lord’s and was a special one as after the 226 this innings was again played at the home of cricket. This was a test match against Pakistan who were a very good test team at that point. England were batting first and Jonathan Trott batted for 383 balls in this innings. He had a strike rate of 48 and he hit 19 fours in this innings meaning 76 runs in boundaries. He liked playing for long periods of time and tiring the opposition bowlers. England dominated the match and they won by an innings and 225 runs.
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4) 168* vs Australia (2010)
The year 2010 was the year of Jonathan Trott. This innings vs Australia at the MCG was a very special innings for him as he loved playing in the Ashes . In the batting innings of England he was the highest run getter by a mile and he scored a match winning 168* from 345 balls. He hit 13 fours in this innings and he had a strike rate of 49. He was so good that England won the match by an innings and 157 Runs. All of these innings have come against different opponents and all of them are great test teams and England have won all these matches by a big margin.
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5) 137 vs Australia (2011)
This was the highest ODI score in the career of Jonathan Trott and although England lost this match by a close margin, this innings of Jonathan Trott against the best ODI team in the world deserves to be on this list. England were batting first and Jonathan Trott played 126 balls and he made a brilliant 137. He had a strike rate of 109 in this innings and he smashed 11 fours in this match meaning 44 Runs in boundaries. He ran for 93 of his runs and still had a strike rate of 109. This is a mark of a truly great batter.
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