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Full name | Benjamin James Trott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wellington, Somerset, England | 14 March 1975||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1997–1998 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2004 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,14 July 2008 |
Benjamin James Trott (born 14 March 1975) is a former English professional cricketer. Primarily a bowler,Trott was born at Wellington,Somerset and began his career with Somerset County Cricket Club but played most of his top-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club. [1]
Trott made his first-class cricket debut for Somerset at the beginning of the 1997 season,having first played for the Second XI in 1995. [2] He made only four senior appearances for the county before being released and working as a clark at Somerset County Council. [2] [3] He has a degree in Physical Education and Information Technology and qualified as a primary school teacher before being signed by Kent ahead of the 2001 season. [4]
Trott made his Kent debut in July 2000 in the County Championship and went on to play,primarily as an opening bowler,for the county for five seasons. He Trott retired as a professional in December 2004 to become the manager of the club's study support centre. [4] He left this post in 2006 to set up his own sports coaching and fitness training business [5] [6] before working for Kent Sport at the University of Kent as Assistant Operations Director. [7] [8]
Trott has played Kent Cricket League cricket for a number of teams and plays golf. [2] [9]
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