Jonathan Trott is likely to face the same level of abuse Kevin Pietersen suffered in 2005 from South African fans, but the Warwickshire right-hander, born in Cape Town, has said it will not distract him from playing his best for England.

He told the Mirror: "I’m prepared for whatever may or may not happen. If I’m honest I’m not too sure which way it is going to go for me. I don’t know if I’ll get the same amount of abuse as Kevin did. I didn’t have a problem at all with the way South African cricket was going.

"I took a decision at a young age to give myself the best opportunity to be the best player I could be, and I saw county cricket as the ideal grounding for that, especially at Warwickshire under Bob Woolmer.

"My dad was born in England and I’ve always had that connection with a British passport from birth. It is not as though I spend six months in England and then go back to South Africa for six months.

"Harborne in Birmingham is my home and that is my life. I love playing for England and everything that goes with it.

"It is where I see me and my family’s future which is just like everyone else in the England team. I can’t see myself living anywhere else.

"I do get quite a bit of stick from the rest of the team for living in Birmingham though. I’m patriotic about being an adopted Brummie."