adminJONATHAN Trott has left England’s Ashes tour because of a stress-related illness and will take an indefinite break from the sport as he seeks to deal with the problem. The news broke yesterday evening in Brisbane the day after England had gone down to defeat in the first Test at the Gabba. The England No 3 was already on the plane home by the time managing director Hugh Morris and head coach Andy Flower addressed the media.
On Saturday Australian opener David Warner said that Trott was “weak” and “scared” after England crumbled in the first Test – comments described by Flower as “horribly wrong”.
“England are on the back foot,” said Warner. “It does look like they’ve got scared eyes at the moment.
“The way that Trotty got out today was pretty poor and weak.”
But while the England dressing-room viewed as disrespectful Warner’s claim during the Brisbane Test that Trott had been scared of Mitchell Johnson, there is no suggestion at all that Warner’s remarks contributed to his decision to leave the tour.
When asked if Warner’s comments had had a direct influence on Trott’s exit, Flower said: “That would be inaccurate. As I said earlier, Jonathan has been struggling with this condition for quite a while and has managed it very successfully but we’ve been on tour for about a month.
He’s had his ups and downs through that month and it is not directly related to that. I would also say that I think players commenting about fellow professionals in the media is disrespectful.
“I think on this occasion he has got that horribly wrong. I think we set different standards to that and one of the reasons we don’t like commenting about opposition players is because we don’t know what is going on their dressing room, we don’t know what is going on in their private lives.
Jonathan has had a very successful career and he’s managed himself and this condition during that time. We have systems and personnel in place to support our squad members who might have struggles in different areas and those systems have always dealt with these situations very successfully”.-Sportsmail.
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