How Marcus Trescothick changed cricket

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.

"I'll sometimes watch England on TV," Trescothick says, "and think how much I would love to be involved. But no, I don't regret my decision at all. It wasn't about playing cricket. It was far bigger than that." He won over 200 caps for England and scored 26 international centuries. Impressive as his career with country and county has been, he made a more precious contribution to cricket with his book, Coming Back to Me, in which he opened up about his depression. Few sportspeople have done more to improve the public understanding of mental health or so much to make it easier for people with mental health problems
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