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[dinglinga]

soft c*&k marcus trewscothick has a stress related illness and is going home

[am Bays]

Yep, confirmed on cricinfo

[heater31]

from baggy green

Trescothick out of Ashes

Cricinfo staff

November 14, 2006

Marcus Trescothick, England's opening batsman, has flown home from Australia with a recurrence of his "stress-related illness" and will play no part in the Ashes.

Trescothick left from Sydney International Airport early on Tuesday morning, having missed the Champions Trophy in India and made just 8 in England's warm-up match against New South Wales

"It is disappointing to lose a player of such quality from the England dressing-room," said an ECB spokesman. "We hope he makes a full recovery and is able to resume his international career."



Not a good start for the poms and the odds in our favour even more now looks like it could turn into Dads Army vs the Walking Wounded

[SOTTERS]

Wonder who the replacement will be, maybe Robert Key.

[am Bays]

F**K, now they;ll bring in a player who wants to be here and will make runs, where as Marcus was any easy wicket given his state of mind .....

[mal]

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[Adelaide Hawk]

I hope he receives all the help he needs and makes a speedy recovery.

[Jimmy]

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20760296-12428,00.html

tiser article....wtf??

are they even going to field a team...big blow....

[Booney]

Big blow to the Poms,and my Dream Team,which is clearly more important!

[Dogwatcher]

F**K, now they;ll bring in a player who wants to be here and will make runs, where as Marcus was any easy wicket given his state of mind .....

I agree entirely....keep him here!!!!

But what's with these Poms??? Trescothick suffers depression, Harmison get home sickness????

[Rik E Boy]

Trescothick's average in Australia is 27. England's odds firming. Cook will open in my view.

regards,

REB

[Aerie]

I hope he receives all the help he needs and makes a speedy recovery.

Agree. Not really a subject to make a joke about. A good thing Trescothick and England have decided to rectify the problem before it had any more of a chance to damage the player in question or the team.

[MW]

soft c*&k marcus trewscothick has a stress related illness and is going home

Lets hope you suffer one day from a mental illness so we can all sit back and call you a soft c*@k

[heater31]

England send for Ed Joyce


Cricinfo staff

November 15, 2006

England have summoned Ed Joyce, Middlesex's middle-order batsman, to replace Marcus Trescothick who returned home yesterday.

Joyce, who has made three ODI and one Twenty20 appearances for England, but has yet to appear in a Test, was preferred to Rob Key and Owais Shah.

"As we already have other players in the squad who have experience of opening the innings we have decided to choose a replacement who will be able to cover a number of different positions within the order," England's chairman of selectors David Graveney said. "Ed is a highly promising player who has performed well for Middlesex this season and I am sure he will be delighted to be part of an Ashes squad."

Joyce, 28, had been picked in England's Academy squad, who will train in Australia during the Ashes.

© Cricinfo




no idea who this bloke is but the poms have thrown him into the deep end

[Blue Boy]

England send for Ed Joyce



Joyce, 28, had been picked in England's Academy squad, who will train in Australia during the Ashes.

no idea who this bloke is but the poms have thrown him into the deep end

28 and he is in the academy squad - WTF !!!

[mal]

I personally know what its like to be depressed.
I have talked with some of the men who have bowled to me.

[am Bays]

England send for Ed Joyce



Joyce, 28, had been picked in England's Academy squad, who will train in Australia during the Ashes.

no idea who this bloke is but the poms have thrown him into the deep end

28 and he is in the academy squad - WTF !!!

I'll think you'll find the POMs have structured their academy squad this year as cover for their main ASHES squad, basically the 16 next best players in England are in the Academy squad and will be absed in Perth (I think) for the summer.

[sydney-dog]

dinglinga

mate, your comments are poor form..... mental illness is no laughing matter and you don't have to be a soft cock to suffer from such an illness

[sydney-dog]

people seem to think he had a pretty good 2005 Ashes series

Trescothick was his side's second-leading scorer in the 2005 Ashes win - scoring 431 runs at 43.10.

[Aerie]

people seem to think he had a pretty good 2005 Ashes series

Trescothick was his side's second-leading scorer in the 2005 Ashes win - scoring 431 runs at 43.10.

And along with Strauss, he scores his runs quickly which has been one of the main differences between the England of old and the new England.

Will be interesting to see if the likes of Cook, Bell and Collingwood can score enough runs to help England retain the Ashes. With Vaughan and Trescothick out, there's a little too much pressure on Strauss, Pieterson and Flintoff. And no England batsman has played an Ashes Test in Australia before.