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Trescothick aims for county title

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17.04.2008 15:00

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Interview: Somerset opener Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Trescothick says retiring from international cricket has helped him focus on county success with Somerset.

"It's been a lot quieter since," he told BBC Points West. "A lot less pressure, a lot less things for me to talk about from my point of view.

"The decision had to be made to move on and let the further part of my career take shape.

"I've been able to concentrate on Somerset and giving all my energy to hopefully winning a title."



Trescothick realised he had to rule out any possible return to the England scene when a recurrence of his stress-related illness stopped him taking part in Somerset's tour of the Middle East at the end of March.

But the 32-year-old still has plenty of ambition on the home front, and thinks his team have a real chance of winning a maiden County Championship.

"We have to perform as well as we did last year - and probably 5% better - to really contend and make sure that we're trying to win it," he said.

"I don't think I want to set a number of runs I want to score - I'd take scoring zero if we were to win the title, so hopefully that can happen."



The Keynsham-born batsman also welcomed Justin Langer's decision to postpone playing in the Indian Premier League and captain Somerset for another season.

"The team really respect what he does and how he approaches his cricket. We miss the first round of games so it's a really good opportunity to get to know Justin again and set our plans in place," added Trescothick.

"The balance of the team looks really good - between me, Caddy [Andy Caddick], Justin and Ian Blackwell we've got about 230 Test matches of experience.

"If we can pass that knowledge on to the younger guys then the team looks in a good position for the next few years, and we've got to make the most of that experience while it's around."

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