The Australian media has claimed that beneath the serene exterior, England batsman Jonathan Trott, was not cool, calm or collected.
According to The Daily Telegraph, there is a tightly wound ball of intensity that bristles within Trott and there are flashes of it when he bats such as his little routines at the crease when he remarks his guard to the point where it can become a trench, then adjusts the Velcro straps on his pads, detaching then attaching, then doing it all over again.
These are all signs of an anxious man trying not to look anxious, a man trying to come to grips with his inner restlessness by covering it with a blanket called routine, the report said.
There was initial shock that he has headed home but it is also be a surprise it does not happen more, the report added. There is a chance a distinguished Test career could be over and sadly, no deed he has performed on the field will be remembered more than the way he left the game, the report further said.
