Champions Trophy: Jonathan Trott faces fitness fight England batsman Jonathan Trott is battling to be fit for Sunday's must-win Champions Trophy match against New Zealand in Cardiff. Trott has a thigh injury, which hampered him against Sri Lanka on Thursday, and faces a fitness test. "We thought the best thing to do was to get him off before things got significantly worse," said assistant coach Richard Halsall. We'll have a look at him at training, but don't know yet if he'll be fit. Trott was off the field for much of Kumar Sangakkara's 134 not out, which helped his side to a seven-wicket win at The Oval and Halsall knows that the 32-year-old is a key figure for England as they chase a semi-final spot. "Trott's in the top 10 one-day batsmen in the world and he builds a magnificent platform for us," he said. ODI debut: v Ireland, August 2009 Matches: 62 Runs scored: 2,681 Average: 52.56 High Score: 137 Strike-rate: 76.42 It's always reassuring to have him there. People who continue to talk about him haven't really looked at the black and white facts. He continues to put us in a position to score big scores which we should defend, like on Thursday. After making 293-7 in their 50 overs, England were left frustrated after being unable to defend that total against Sri Lanka and only claim three wickets, although captain Alastair Cook said he was "not too disappointed" by the result. "We didn't bowl in the disciplined manner we did against Australia in the first game," added Halsall. We couldn't hammer out the consistent lengths we did against Australia. Against world-class batsmen you have to be world class when you're bowling and we weren't. Our bowlers would say we should defend that total and we didn't. England could also be without Tim Bresnan for Sunday's game as his wife is due to give birth. His absence would open the door for either Steven Finn or James Tredwell.