'Hungry' Trott set for April return

Jonathan Trott is set to make his comeback for Warwickshire in April and is determined to force his way back into the England team. The batsman, 32, left England's Ashes tour with a stress-related illness. But Dennis Amiss, chairman of Trott's Warwickshire benefit committee, said the player will face Gloucestershire in a friendly and is "raring to go". "He's still very hungry," said Amiss. "He wants to continue succeeding both for Warwickshire and for Engnd." Trott, who has scored 3,763 runs in 49 Tests for England at an average of 46.95, has been granted time for a family holiday while Warwickshire are on their pre-season tour in Barbados. But he will join up with the squad on their return and has been earmarked to play against Gloucestershire at Edgbaston on 1 and 2 April, in the first-class match against Oxford University from 7 April and the Bears' County Championship opener against Sussex from 13 April. Former England batsman Amiss, who was Warwickshire chief executive when Trott joined the county from South Africa in 2002, has spent time with the player recently and is encouraged by his state of mind.