Jonathan Trott gets England recall for Windies tour

London Jonathan Trott was on Wednesday named in the England Test squad for the first time since having to withdraw from the 201314 Ashes series with a stressrelated conditionJonathan TrottThe South Africaborn batsman 34 was recalled by the England and Wales Cricket Board ECB as part of a 16man party for a threeTest tour of the West Indies starting next month Jonathan Trott produced some outstanding performances for Warwickshire last summer scoring five centuries and also made an unbeaten doublehundred during the recent successful England Lions tour said national selector James Whitaker in a statementHe is a player of proven international pedigree and we are delighted to welcome him back into the squad Allrounder Ben Stokes was also included along with the uncapped trio of Durham fast bowler Mark Wood Yorkshire spinner Adil Rashid and Yorkshire opening batsman Adam Lyth Captain Alastair Cook returns as well having been left out of the 50over squad for the ongoing Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand where England crashed out in the first roundLyth is likely to compete with Trott for the right to open the batting alongside Cook after Sam Robson was dropped Trott flew home from Brisbane 16 months ago and had to abort an attempted return to firstclass cricket last year before flourishing with Warwickshire in the second half of the 2014 seasonIt earned him a callup for the secondstring England Lions tour of South Africa and he impressed as captain on his return to his native country scoring an unbeaten doublecentury against South Africa A in Paarl Eight of the players from the World Cup squad retained their places but injured pair Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes were not included as they recover from respective side and foot problemsPietersen return unlikelyThis series marks the start of a busy period of Test Match cricket for the England team and I am sure that Alastair and the players will all be keen to build on the success they enjoyed last summer against India Whitaker added Adam Adil and Mark are all players who have performed impressively over the last 12 months and they will now have an opportunity to push for a regular place in the Test sides starting lineupLancashire paceman James Anderson stands to win his 100th Test cap in the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua which starts on April 13 England knocked out of the World Cup by Bangladesh last week play host to New Zealand in May and June before resuming hostilities with Australia in a home Ashes seriesMeanwhile Whitaker played down the likelihood of Kevin Pietersen making an England comeback after he expressed a willingness to resume playing county cricket with a view to making a return to the international fold Thats very much Kevins decision and of course we respect that Whitaker told Sky Sports NewsBut over the last 12 months I think we have been successfully rebuilding our Test team and over the last few days he wasnt party to any discussion Hes not part of our plans Cook also played down the chances of Pietersen making a comeback telling the Daily Telegraph it was very unlikelyPietersen 34 was axed by the ECB a year ago and subsequently released an autobiography in which he alleged that a bullying culture had taken hold in the England changing roomEngland squad Alastair Cook capt James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Gary Ballance Ian Bell Stuart Broad Jos Buttler Chris Jordan Adam Lyth Liam Plunkett Joe Root Adil Rashid Ben Stokes James Tredwell Jonathan Trott Mark Wood England itinerary date match location April 67 2day warmup St Kitts April 89 2day warmup St Kitts April 1317 1st Test Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Antigua April 2125 2nd Test Grenada National Stadium Grenada May 15 3rd Test Kensington Oval Barbados