Marcus Trescothick In Contention For The Role Of England's Full-Time Batting Coach

Former England opener, Marcus Trescothick is looking for an extension in his contract from a part-time batting coach to a full-time role. Trescothick is currently in South-Africa with the England team as an interim batting coach.

According to a report in Dailymail.co.uk, the England Cricket Board (ECB) is looking for experts for the full-time role of a batting coach and a wicket-keeping coach. They have appointed temporary batting coaches since the departure of Mark Ramprakash last year. Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell are also reported to be in line for the same. Also, it is believed that James Foster will replace wicket-keeping coach, Bruce French.

Marcus Trescothick took early retirement due to mental health concerns

Marcus Trescothick took retirement from international cricket in 2008. He suffered from a stress-related illness and played his last Test match against Pakistan in 2006. The left-hander opted out from the tour of India, the Champions Trophy, and skipped the Test series after reaching Australia.

In his 76 Test match illustrious career, Trescothick scored 5825 runs at an average of 43 with 14 tons. He accumulated another 4335 runs in ODIs with 12 hundreds. The southpaw continued to play for Somerset, till he announced his retirement last year.

At the time of retiring in 2008, he said that travelling abroad was turning out to be a major issue. However, the 44-year-old now is ready to face the challenge, as being a full-time coach means he will frequently travel with the team.

England will take on South-Africa in 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs starting 27th November- all matches to take place in Cape Town and Paarl. The concerning news from the Protea camp is that one undisclosed player has been tested positive for the covid-19 virus.

The Three Lions have a busy summer next year. They will host Sri Lanka, and Pakistan for white-ball matches. India will visit England for a five-match Test series and three T20Is. Eoin Morgan’s men will tour to Pakistan for a couple of T20Is before travelling to India for the T20 World Cup.

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