Mitchell Johnson Didn't Send Jonathan Trott Home. ECB Did.

"Same illness. Same statement. Seven years. Nothing built." On 25 November 2013, Jonathan Trott flew home from the Ashes in Brisbane after scoring 10 and 9 against Mitchell Johnson. The ECB statement called it a "stress-related illness." Andy Flower's press conference admitted Trott had been suffering "for quite a while" and had "always managed it very successfully." The board knew. The board did nothing. The board picked him for the Ashes anyway. In this episode of The Cricket Archives, we perform a forensic autopsy on the seven-year ECB silence between Trescothick and Trott — and on the framing language ("stress-related illness," "burnout," "needs time with family") chosen specifically to avoid the clinical vocabulary the board had no protocol for. #Fifawc #EngvsNZ #ECB #EnglandCricket #Ashes2013 #MentalHealth #TheCricketArchives #JonathanTrott