Ashes Update: Jonathan Trott wants to score third ton on the trot on the eve of Adelaide Test
Fresh from one of the greatest fight-backs in Ashes history, the English team has vowed to remain relentless as they continue their quest of retaining the little urn, besides winning their first ever series Down Under since 1986-87.
The man who was at the forefront of the Gabba resistance is Jonathan Trott who has now featured in two triple hundred stands in back-to-back Test matches following his 349 run unbeaten stand with Alastair Cook on the final day
of the match.
Besides the effort at Gabba, the Test match at Lord’s against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 saw him pull his team out of a precarious position through a triple hundred stand with Stuart Broad; the stand turned into a world record stand for the 8th wicket.
Trott added that he was keen on continuing his run in the second Test match of the series at Adelaide; he revealed that he felt good in the lead up to the Gabba Test and was grateful to his partner Cook for staying with him throughout
their epic performance.
"Leading up to the Test match I felt in good nick but I hadn't been able to kick on and get a big score, so I was very pleased to contribute to an excellent fight back that was set up by Staussy and Cooky," Trott said. "I've been
pretty fortunate to do pretty well [against Australia], but individually and as a team things can change pretty quickly."
He added that the key to his partnership with Cook was the calm with which they batted and the positive approach that has been the hallmark of the English team under Andrew Strauss and team Director http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362.
Trott, who hails from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, stressed that the approach of reassessing the situation after every session helped him and Cook carry on their partnership for the time that they did.
"The way we approached batting on the last day [in Brisbane], obviously we were only 90 ahead, and I was speaking to Alastair, and he said they were only half of that ahead in this game [Adelaide]," he said. "So we were making
sure that our mindset was to bat for each hour, then reassess. It was normal Test match batting. We don't get ahead of ourselves; we just do what we do well as a pair, and as a unit. But I don't think the guys will be worried about four years ago. It was in
the past and we're looking to come to Adelaide and win.
"The one thing we look at in Brisbane is our first innings. We didn't get as many as we'd have liked, because if we'd got a big score we'd have put pressure on them. As a batting unit, first-innings runs in Australia are very important.
Hopefully it's in this game."
On the basis of the performance in the first Test, cricketing pundits have given the English side the edge for Adelaide. The major concern for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 is their bowling attack that wilted under pressure on the last two days at
Gabba.
The hosts are set to drop pace ace Mitchell Johnson and Trott feels that his team can cash in big time in his absence as despite his recent poor run he remained a genuine threat for the English batsmen.
The right-handed batsman has an impeccable record in his first two Ashes Tests; he made his Test debut in the final Test of the last series between the two oldest rivals of Test cricket at the Oval.
There he scored a debut hundred leading his team to a win that sealed the series for them; and in his present form, he is set to make life tough for Ricky Ponting’s men even in Adelaide.
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