Trott case reveals a disturbing trend

South African-born Jonathan Trott may have made a bright start to his England career in both Tests and one-dayers, and looks set to be a fixture in the team for years to come. Yet his emergence arouses conflicting emotions. Simon Wilde explores the South African impact in the Sunday Times.

Trott represented South Africa in the under-15 and under-19 World Cups before moving to England with his family at the age of 21. He believed county cricket would better enhance his game than a South African system hamstrung by quotas designed to wrest the game from white control. Equally, he might just have been exercising Plan B because Plan A had stalled.