25 Facts About Trent Johnston

David Trent Johnston was born on 29 April 1974 and is an Irish-Australian cricket coach and former player.

Trent Johnston was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, and played his early cricket for New South Wales in Australian domestic competitions.

Trent Johnston coached the Hong Kong national cricket team from 2019 to 2022.

Trent Johnston made his first-class debut for New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania in March 1999.

Trent Johnston opened the bowling with Brett Lee who would make his debut for Australia later that year.

Trent Johnston played four Pura Cup matches for them in 2000 before his career took him to Ireland.

Trent Johnston returned to club cricket where he represented Campbelltown, North Sydney, and Mosman, captaining the last.

Trent Johnston first played club cricket in Ireland in 1995 and returned for four more seasons, meeting his former wife Vanessa, with whom he had two children.

Trent Johnston continued playing Sydney Grade Cricket for North Sydney Cricket Club, but qualified for an Irish passport and then-coach Adrian Birrell decided he might be a useful addition to the Irish side.

Trent Johnston played in the next match of the competition against Northamptonshire.

Trent Johnston then played against the MCC later that month, before making his first-class debut for Ireland against the Netherlands in the Intercontinental Cup.

Trent Johnston was in the Irish squad and they reached the final, losing to Scotland, but still qualifying for the 2007 World Cup.

Trent Johnston was made Irish captain in time for the semi-final of the 2005 Intercontinental Cup against the UAE in Windhoek, Namibia.

Trent Johnston played in the European Championship that year, which included ODIs against Scotland and the Netherlands.

Trent Johnston played in two Intercontinental Cup matches, against Namibia and Scotland.

Trent Johnston captained Ireland to a win over Bangladesh in the Super Eight stage of the tournament as Ireland finished eighth in the tournament.

Trent Johnston remained captain of the Ireland side for their Friends Provident Trophy campaign in 2007 and took a hat-trick against Gloucestershire on 10 May 2007 which was only the second hat-trick for Ireland, the only previous one coming in August 1877 against I Zingari.

In March 2008 Trent Johnston announced that he was stepping down as Ireland captain and taking a break from international cricket and would miss the 2008 Friends Provident Cup, though he would continue to play for Railway Union and expected to play for Ireland return later that year.

Trent Johnston explained the rest was to allow him to focus on his family life, his professional career, and allow his body to recover from various injuries.

Trent Johnston made his Twenty20 International debut during the tournament, which was Ireland's first T20I match.

Trent Johnston was one of seven Ireland players to be nominated for the 2009 Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year, although he did not make the 4-man short-list.

Trent Johnston was selected in Ireland's 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup.

Trent Johnston had plans to move into coaching after he finished playing, and with that in mind he accepted the head coach role with YMCA in 2012.

In July 2019, Trent Johnston was appointed as the head coach of the Hong Kong national cricket team and moved to Hong Kong in September 2019.

Trent Johnston coached the team at the 2022 Asia Cup, following victory at the 2022 Asia Cup Qualifier, as well as at the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B Trent Johnston resigned as coach in October 2022, after a tabloid newspaper published details of alleged extramarital affairs that occurred while he was on tour with the team.