English cricketer Jonathon Trott named in England's 14-man squad for South Africa tour for first time since Ashes exit

South African-born English Test cricketer Jonathon Trott has reportedly received his first international call-up since the batsman left England's Ashes tour with a stress-related illness in November and has been named in the 14-man squad for the national side's January tour of South Africa.

Trott back to cricket at the start of the season, ending the summer with 628 first-class runs. He said that he is like everyone else playing county cricket, adding that in that he has aspirations to play for England.

Trott said that he remembers going on previous England trips in 2007 and 2008 and having to do his time on those and prove himself. He added that that is something that he needs to do again, The BBC reported.

The batsman scored 3,763 runs in 49 Tests before leaving Australia after the first Test in Brisbane. Having started the season with domestic club Warwickshire, his county campaign was interrupted when he took another break from the game in April. 

But he returned to the Bears side in May, and believes that he has benefited from sessions with psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters, who has worked with the Great Britain cycling team, Liverpool Football Club and snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Trott said that Peters said that he had a 'situational anxiety', adding that its pretty common with regard to everyday life, but when played out in front of the world media and press it is quite a big thing.

The tour sees the Lions, formerly the England A team. play two four-day games and five ODIs against South Africa A, with Trott only included in the 14-man party for the first-class matches.

National selector James Whitaker said that Trott's exceptional form and run scoring exploits for Warwickshire at the end of the summer has resulted in his selection for the first-class fixtures at the beginning of the tour.

Members of the provisional England Lions first-class squad are: Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance, Sam Billings, Jack Brooks, Alex Lees, Adam Lyth, Craig Overton, Liam Plunkett, Boyd Rankin, Adil Rashid, Adam Riley, Sam Robson, Jonathan Trott, James Vince.

Riley, Robson and Trott have been replaced by Stephen Parry, Samit Patel and Jason Roy in the provisional ODI squad, the report added.