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    Oct 12, 2008

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    Trescothick takes step backwards

    By Will 7 months ago, Comments

    Update March 22, 2008
    Trescothick retires from internationals

    The news came through (or rather was beadily spotted by yours truly) at about 3am this morning that Marcus Trescothick had withdrawn from Somerset’s tour of UAE. He made it as far as the plane but it was decided, by him, that he should return home to be with his family.

    It’s a desperate situation, and it now seems increasingly unlikely that he’ll ever play for England again. Such is the brilliance of the internet that when I told our man in New Zealand about the news, he broke it to England’s media man. Unsurprisingly it was brought up in the post-match press conference after the third day’s play in Wellington:

    However, Paul Collingwood, speaking on behalf of the England team in New Zealand, said that Trescothick’s career should be the last thing on anyone’s mind right now. “It’s just really sad,” said Collingwood. “I think he should just forget about the cricket, to be honest. I just want Marcus to get himself right and forget about whether he is going to play for England again or to go away with Somerset.

    “We just need to get him right, for his own sake really,” added Collingwood. “We can be very selfish and ask whether he will ever play for England again, but it doesn’t really matter because we need to get him right. All of our thoughts go out to him.”

    Previous info on his “stress-related illness” here, here and here.

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