Trescothick ends England career

Somerset batsman Marcus Trescothick announced his retirement from international cricket with England due to health problems. "My desire to play cricket is as strong as it ever was. But, due to the problems that I have experienced, travelling abroad has...

Somerset batsman Marcus Trescothick announced his retirement from international cricket with England due to health problems.

"My desire to play cricket is as strong as it ever was. But, due to the problems that I have experienced, travelling abroad has become extremely stressful for me," he told Somerset's website ( www.somersetcountycc.co.uk ).

Trescothick has long suffered from a stress-related illness and pulled out of England's 2006 tours to India and Australia, where the tourists were thrashed in the Ashes series.

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