James Taylor has been named as one of England’s talent scouts
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Former England batsman James Taylor and opener Marcus Trescothick have been named talent scouts for the national team.
“His experiences of the intricacies of the T20 game at the highest level make him the ideal captain for the shorter form of the game”
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Somerset have appointed South African pace bowler Alfonso Thomas as their limited overs captain for the upcoming county season.
“I don’t think my record will last much longer”
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Somerset batsman Marcus Trescothick believes that England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler can break his record for the most ODI centuries scored by an English player.
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“Despite the doom and gloom after this winter’s Ashes, I believe it’s a really exciting time to be involved in the England set up”
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced that Middlesex’s director of cricket, Angus Fraser, has been appointed as a selector and will join national selector James Whitaker on the selection panel.
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“I’m no expert on his condition (stress-related illness) but I would have thought that he was absolutely at his wits end”
Former England captain David Lloyd has admitted that he simply doesn’t “see a way back for” batsman Jonathan Trott after he pulled out of the Ashes series with a stress-related illness.
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“I was not in a very good place whenever I toured, but there were probably two occasions when I thought I was going to have to make the decision Trotty has made”
Former England pace bowler Stephen Harmison has announced that he can relate to what batsman Jonathan Trott is going through as he revealed that “I thought I was going to have to make the decision Trotty has made” on two separate occasions in his international career.
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“It’s really really tough and it will take time for him to get back on track again”
Former England opening batsman Marcus Trescothick has announced that Jonathan Trott “definitely made the right decision” to return home from Australia after revealing that he was struggling with a stress-related illness.
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Compton was disappointed to have missed out on the historic series
Nick Compton’s exclusion from England’s Ashes squad has been met with mixed reviews from both pundits and former players, but Compton’s Somerset team-mate and ex-England opening batsman Marcus Trescothick believes it is only a matter of time before the 30-year-old is back in England colours again.
Davies felt that his career was going nowhere
In an alarming trend that has started to creep in amongst numerous England county players, Surrey wicketkeeper Steven Davies is just the latest cricketer to open up about his struggles with depression.
In 2010 Ambrose admitted that he didn’t care about his county contract any more
Former England wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose has publicly revealed that his battle with depression nearly ended his professional career.
