Jim Troughton

BORN: 02/03/79

ROLE: Left-hand bat

BEST TWENTY20 PERFORMANCE: 62 v Somerset Sabres, Edgbaston 2009

A lifelong Bear, this one-club man is part of the furniture at Edgbaston. Whether patrolling the covers or driving fluently through the offside, Troughton has rarely been out of the action since making his Warwickshire debut in 1999. After a decade at the club, Troughton is showing no signs of fatigue, and he enjoyed one of his best Twenty20 seasons in 2009, a sign perhaps that this gifted strokemaker is enjoying his second wind as a county runscorer. A talented guitarist and a gifted illustrator, he published a book of his illustrations at the end of Warwickshire's trophy-winning season in 2008.

Do you enjoy the Twenty20 format?
I really enjoy playing T20, but I find four-day cricket most rewarding. And when I look back on my career I'll always use four-day as my benchmark.

What does it take to be successful in T20?
Strong shots, being able to think on your feet and keep a cool head.

What's your go to shot when you really need a boundary?
Straight, and if I do drag it hopefully I hit it.

How do you adapt your batting style for T20?
Tempo, setting gears. Looking for a four or six, hitting the middle of the bat and getting a run off it.

What's the most memorable Twenty20 match you've played in?
Playing Worcester at home last year. Winning it got us through to the quarter-final. I got runs, which is always good, we bowled first and bowled well. The crowd were also pretty amazing.

What's the atmosphere like at Edgbaston during t20 matches?
It's great, there's always an atmosphere and it's the closest I'm going to get to playing in front of a football crowd!

Can you name three famous pirates?
Long john Silver, Captain Pugwash, One-Eyed Willie from the Goonies

If you had a parrot, what would be the first phrase you would teach it?
Not out!

What would you call your pirate ship?
Eva and Rosie

Do you get seasick?
Yes massively. No tricks to get over it, I just don't go on ships.

What would you spend your last piece of eight on?
My wife.

Who would you most like to get shipwrecked with?
Angelina Jolie – my wife wont mind, she'd say the same.

What are your desert island discs?
Beatles: Greatest Hits, Stone Roses: The Stone Roses, Stephen Fretwell: Magpie, Prodigy: Fat of the Land.

What three items would go in your treasure chest?
Ipod, Toblerone and the key card to the hotel on the desert island.

Can you dance the hornpipe?
What's the hornpipe? It's a dance, is it? In which case no, and I'll never try it.

How many of the seven seas have you been to?
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Irish?

If you could make one opposing player walk the plank who would it be?
Gary Keedy. He always gets me out.

Which celebrity would you like to make walk the plank?
Anne Robinson. It's that dodgy wink.

If you had to wear an eye-patch which eye would you wear it over?
Right.

Hook hand or peg leg?
Hook hand, you can take it off and change for a sword.

If you had a treasure map tattoo where would you have it?
Left butt-cheek.