“Jonathan Trott does not hang around. It took him one game to establish himself in England’s Test side. Now an innings of 85 in England”s tour-opening victory over Diamond Eagles will establish him in England’s 50-over team, perhaps as an opener” – The start of a Daily Telegraph match report on yesterday’s warm-up match in South Africa.
“The results of a poll shown only to The Sunday Telegraph reveal that only 11 per cent of current professional players have faith in the leadership provided by the ECB. Deeply unhappy with a variety of decisions, including most recently the scrapping of domestic 50-over cricket next season, the Professional Cricketers’ Association is proposing a new body, the Professional Game Board, to manage decisions they feel are now wholly commercially driven and without cricketing merit” – The eponymous paper claims players have lost faith in their management.