How Marcus Trescothick changed cricket
Few sports people have done more to improve the public understanding of mental health, or so much to make it easier for people with mental health problems
Marcus Trescothick is about to take part in a 450-mile bike ride from Durham to London to raise money for the Tom Maynard Trust and the PCA Benevolent Fund. Photograph: Jim Wileman
COMING BACK TO ME
It has been seven years since Marcus Trescothick last played international cricket, and while he has missed it, he has never regretted quitting. This season was the first in which his form fell short of the standard which, if he wanted, would put him in the running for a place in the Test team. He scored more than 1,250 first-class runs in every summer between 2007 to 2011, his average was invariably over 50 and often up near 80. England wanted him back, would have welcomed him back. In 2009, Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores both tried to persuade him to come out of retirement. But he has been busy fighting harder battles than those between bat and ball...........
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