Trott believes all the criticisms will disappear if England show more team unity

England batsman Jonathan Trott has lashed out at some of the greatest players to ever represent the country, stating that their constant criticisms have done nothing but dent the self-esteem of the entire squad.

Many England legends gave the national team a tongue-lashing after their pathetic performance against India during the first Test at Ahmedbad, where they were convincingly beaten by nine wickets.

Sir Ian Botham, Michael Vaughan and Geoffrey Boycott are just a handful of England greats to have criticised the team’s performance and Trott is sick and tired of them always dwelling on the negatives and constantly forgetting to look at the positives.

“Obviously they are very passionate and want England to do well but you have got to realise that no one’s perfect,” The Sun quoted Trott as saying. “Sometimes people think the game is not as good as when they played or the game’s better now – there’s a lot of discussion. But, at the end of the day, it’s still a game of cricket, 22 yards separates the ball from the batsmen.”

However, Trott admitted that one way to stop all the criticism was to start playing more as a team instead of a bunch of individuals looking to improve their own statistics.

“We’ve got to play better, we realise that and we’re not hiding from the fact we didn’t score enough runs in our first innings in the First Test and let India get too many,” Trott added.

Earlier last month, England vice-captain Stuart Broad exchanged words with Botham over Twitter after the England legend stated that the national team would benefit by dropping Broad.

David Lloyd, who is yet another famous England player, believed that the national selectors should have dropped Trott after his poor performance during the first Test in order to give him a wake-up call and convey the message that everyone on the team was replaceable.