Could England have still utilized Marcus Trescothick in home international games?

[Savak]

I understand he had a stress and depression related condition due to which he just struggled to travel outside England anymore after 2006. But the guy is still playing country cricket. The guy was a quality batsman and is someone England have still not replaced in ODI and T-20 Cricket atleast.

England play the vast majority of their cricket in England in any case so i wonder why didn't England adopt the strategy of only playing him in games in England? They could have gotten a lot more out of him.

 

[Rana]

He played the modern game for England when they really struggled in ODIs. High quality opening batsman, I would argue that he was a better batsman/opener than Saeed Anwar

 

[Markhor]

Cook has received a lot of plaudits lately but I always preferred watching Trescothick and it was an awful waste of talent when he had to quit international cricket.

He was different to your traditional, gritty English opener in that he could attack against the new ball and set the tone for an innings.

 

[Robert]

I think the idea is that you are available for all England matches, or none.

Though not a bad thing for mental health - Botham skipped an India tour, and both he and Gower skipped a World Cup / Pakistan test tour, for instance. They could get away with it because they were so highly regarded.

 

[Hasan123]

Very enjoyable player to watch. A shame how his career turned out. But I don't think you can select a batsmen for only home games. What would you do to the player who performed away from home who took his place ? Would be harsh to drop someone in that situation.

 

[Last Monetarist]

He played the modern game for England when they really struggled in ODIs. High quality opening batsman, I would argue that he was a better batsman/opener than Saeed Anwar

Let's not go overboard please, Trescothick was a decent player but he was nowhere close to Anwar in terms of talent or sheer aesthetic value in his batting. Even statistically, Anwar is better than Trescothick by almost every measure.

 

[delpiero10]

Tres instantly reminds of the days when I first started getting fully into cricket as an 11/12 year old.

He had an immediate impact on the England test team, only one summer after they were humiliated in a home WC and also beaten by NZ in a home test series to become the bottom ranked test team.

His ODI efforts often went wasted. I seem to remember his first 4 or 5 ODI centuries all came in a losing cause, as England simply didn't have batsmen capable of staying at the crease with him.

I feel he and Cook could have complemented each other so well at the top of the order for the Test team. Obviously Cook formed a great partnership with Strauss, but I do wonder what could have been had Tres not left international cricket so early.

Still remains my favourite England player to this day.

 

[gazza619]

He was a true match winner, and always kept his big game against big teams on bigger occasions. I dont think that approach would have worked for England and would have been fair to other players.

 

[Rana]

Let's not go overboard please, Trescothick was a decent player but he was nowhere close to Anwar in terms of talent or sheer aesthetic value in his batting. Even statistically, Anwar is better than Trescothick by almost every measure.

I have my opinions about how both played and approached the game. Trescothic unfortunately did not have the luxury of world class ODI players to make him look better than he was. Some of his innings were the prototype of the early, dangerous English batsman that we see now in the modern game.

 

[Justcrazy]

Very very good timmer of the ball. Looked effortless . A kind of lazy elegance !!

 

[introvert]

One of my favorite batsman to watch.
All format player.
Tall backlift & cover drives with minimal footwork and extension of arms were mesmerizing.

 

[The Bald Eagle]