Jonathan Trott retires: The England batsman's career in numbers

The South-African born veteran has announced his international retirement

Trott strokes through the covers against Australia in 2013 (Getty Images)

It wasn't meant to end like this. Jonathan Trott, for so long the dependable mainstay of the England top order, deserved better than to finish his international career by succumbing cheaply and tamely in both innings as Alastair Cook's side slumped to a disastrous defeat in the West Indies.

England were right to recall Trott – his form since his return to cricket last summer has been exemplary, both for his county Warwickshire and for the England Lions, who he led with distinction in his native South Africa.

Yet his return to the full international set-up was a disaster: just 72 runs in his six innings, most of which came in an unconvincing half-century in Grenanda. His nervy display in the final Test was just the final nail in the coffin, and his retirement came as no surprise.

Trott leaves the field after his final Test innings (Getty) (Getty Images)

This, however, is not the Trott that should be remembered. A Test batsman blessed with superb powers of concentration and a ruthless appetite for runs, he played in three victorious Ashes series, was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year and the ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2011, and was a hugely underrated One Day player.

Here, in ten statistics, is the story of his fine England career:

119: The score Trott made in the second innings of his Test debut against Australia, as England won by 197 runs to clinch the 2009 Ashes.

23: The number of innings it took Trott to reach 1000 runs in Test cricket, level with Kevin Pietersen and Mike Atherton. Only twelve players have reached the milestone quicker.

226: Trott's highest Test score, in England's eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in 2010.

66.77: Trott's Test match batting average after his 203 against Sri Lanka in 2011. At that point he had played 19 matches and scored 1803 runs, with 6 centuries.

5: The number of Test wickets Trott picked up with his innocuous-looking medium pacers. He counts Younis Khan, Brad Haddin and Brendan McCullum among his international scalps.

445: The number of runs Trott scored in England's 2010/11 Ashes victory against Australia, at an average of 89.00 and with two centuries.

51.25: His career batting average in ODI cricket, the highest of any England player. Kevin Pietersen is second on the list, with 40.73.

77.06: Trott's career strike-rate in ODI cricket. Despite being criticised for being one-paced, he scored faster than Paul Collingwood, and at the same rate as Ian Bell, England's leading ODI runscorer.

121: Trott's final century for England came on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in March 2013.

76: His highest score in his final 24 Test innings, during which he scored 647 runs at an average of 26.95.