Trescothick plans mid-July comeback

By Richard Latham

Marcus Trescothick is optimistic of returning to Somerset’s team before the end of next month. The former England opener has reported “real progress” towards recovery after surgery on ruptured ankle tendons and had his first net since the operation this week.

Trescothick said: “While I have never gone along with suggestions that I would miss the rest of this season, I now have genuine cause to dispel those alarms. Now that the protective boot has been removed I am able to do extensive work, not just on the ankle, but on my general fitness.

“I am spending my days from around 8.30am to 4pm at the County Ground training and undergoing sessions of rehabilitation. General fitness comes back quite quickly. What will take a bit longer is getting the necessary strength in the ankle to cope with the twisting and turning involved in batting and fielding.

“I have now set a mid-July target to see how it is at that point and if I am pain-free by then and able to execute all the skills without a reaction I will think about playing again.”

Trescothick sustained the injury during an LV=County Championship match with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in April. He has registered with local club Bridgwater in case there is not sufficient Second XI cricket when he starts his comeback.

"My old Somerset team-mate Steffan Jones plays for Bridgwater,” he said. “As they are in the West of England Premier League it will be a higher standard than if I returned to play for my old club Keynsham, which is what in my heart I would have liked to do.

“The Friends Life t20 quarter-finals are on July 24 and 25, while Finals Day is not until August 25, so hopefully I might be able to play a part if Somerset progress, as well as in our later LV=County Championship and Clydesdale Bank 40 matches.”


Date: 28/06/2012 10:41:01 by Richard Latham
In: Today | Somerset |