LONDON: Jonathan Trott will captain the second-string England Lions in South Africa next month as he makes his international comeback, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Saturday.

The 33-year-old South Africa-born batsman has not played international cricket since he withdrew from England’s Ashes tour of Australia in November 2013 due to a stress-related condition.

But after a successful county season with Warwickshire he was named in the provisional Lions squad in October and on Saturday the ECB revealed that he would lead the four-day team on their tour of South Africa.

“Jonathan Trott will captain the four-day side with a captain for the one-day side to be announced at a later date,” the ECB said on its website.

Published in Dawn December 21th , 2014