Tresco

Marcus Trescothick is one of my favourite cricketers of the last few years, and it's sad to see that's he is out of the Ashes series with what is apparently a recurrence of a depressive illness. Let's hope he does return to the England team once he is well enough. It was good to see a broad consensus of sympathy towards Trescothick among Australian fans this week after the news broke.

Just two articles that I will highlight in relation to Trescothick's plight: one in Wednesday's Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Roebuck, another Somerset stalwart from a slightly earlier era, and one in today's Observer by former England captain Mike Brearley, a psychologist by profession.