PIAC News ✔️

[ad_1] That Jonathan Trott would plan every innings to the utmost was at his peak something that English cricket came to value enormously. So it should be no surprise that he has announced his retirement at the end of the season. Certainty restored, he can now aim for a final flourish. Trott might not have been the most flamboyant or crowd-pleasing cricketer ever to represent England, but there was substance a plenty to him, enough for Andy Flower, then England's coach, to describe him as England's rock. He scored a century on his England debut, was a three-times Ashes winner (you could make a case for him winning two of them) and was a key cog in an England team that reached No 1 ranking in the world. "Choosing to retire at the end of the season is something that I have spoken about at length with my family and this is now the right time to look at the next chapter of my career. "Warwickshire CCC is a very special club and I've been immensely proud to have worn ...

[ad_1] In the early weeks of the season, a number of England seam-bowling candidates with either international experience or the potential for a call-up by the new selection panel are already unavailable through injury. With input from Kevin Shine, the ECB's lead fast bowling coach, we look at those on the treatment table and when some might be back in contention. Toby Roland-Jones Out for the season due to a recurrence of the stress fracture diagnosed at the end of the 2017 domestic season. The ECB's view is that, in an ideal world, Roland-Jones might have spent the whole winter recovering and rehabilitating from the stress fracture. But, such was his desire to play a part in the Test team, he asked to play for the Lions and subsequently suffered more pain in his back after starting the season for Middlesex. Kevin Shine: "Listening to the player is of paramount importance and we were optimistic that [he] would recover in time." George Garton Garton impressed the Eng...

[ad_1] In the early weeks of the season, a number of England seam-bowling candidates with either international experience or the potential for a call-up by the new selection panel are already unavailable through injury. With input from Kevin Shine, the ECB's lead fast bowling coach, we look at those on the treatment table and when some might be back in contention. Toby Roland-Jones Out for the season due to a recurrence of the stress fracture diagnosed at the end of the 2017 domestic season. The ECB's view is that, in an ideal world, Roland-Jones might have spent the whole winter recovering and rehabilitating from the stress fracture. But, such was his desire to play a part in the Test team, he asked to play for the Lions and subsequently suffered more pain in his back after starting the season for Middlesex. Kevin Shine: "Listening to the player is of paramount importance and we were optimistic that [he] would recover in time." George Garton Garton impressed the Eng...