Drop Trott for second Test: Botham

Jonathan Trott is just one match into his Test comeback, but former England allrounder Sir Ian Botham says the batsman should be dropped for the second Test against West Indies.

Trott posted scores of zero and four in last week's drawn first Test in Antigua, his first match for England since he left the 2013-14 Ashes series with what was later diagnosed as situational anxiety.

With England's middle order of Gary Ballance, Ian Bell and Joe Root established their positions, Trott was selected in the unfamiliar position of opener alongside captain Alastair Cook.

And England's latest opening partnership, the fifth to be used since Andrew Struass retired in 2012, didn't perform well at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium; Trott was twice caught behind the wicket while Cook could only manage scores of 11 and 13.

The second Test will get underway in Grenada at midnight tonight (AEST) and Botham has urged England to be bold and replace Trott with uncapped Yorkshire opener Adam Lyth.

The left-hander scored 1487 runs at 67 in Yorkshire's successful County Championship campaign last year and won both the Professional Cricketers Association and Cricket Writers' Player of the Year awards.

"I don't see the point in playing Trott at the moment, I'd look to give Adam Lyth a go," Botham told Sky Sports.

"Lyth has consistently scored runs over the last few years so I'd say he deserves his chance."

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Trott with England selector James Whitaker // Getty Images

Botham has also urged England to select Lyth's county teammate Adil Rashid, the uncapped leg-spinning allrounder who took 46 wickets at 26 and averaged 38 with the bat for Yorkshire last year.

If conditions in Grenada favour the slower bowlers, Botham says England should consider a second spin option to partner Moeen Ali, who is likely to return to the side after he missed the first match of the series due to injury.

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According to Botham, England's selectors need to be brave ahead of difficult series against New Zealand, Australia and South Africa later this year.

"If we don't give them a chance we are never going to know if they can play at this level," Botham said.

"England have got a tough 12 months of Test cricket coming up. Two more Tests here, two against New Zealand, and then Australia and later this year, South Africa.

"We've not got time to be experimenting, we've got to give these players a chance.

"Ali will play and they may consider picking Rashid if it is a similar pitch to the one in Antigua.

"You need the variation ... and that's what Rashid gives you."