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Trescothick rules himself out

Marcus Trescothick has ruled himself out of the reckoning from England selection this winter after failing to recover completely from his long-standing stress-related illness.

Somerset opener Marcus Trescothick has ruled himself out of contention to play on England's winter tours this year.

He is not ready to return following a stress-related illness and will miss the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa and trips to Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

"I recently informed the selectors that I was happy to be included in the 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup to leave all options open.

"I am now clear that I should take more time to complete my recovery," he said.

Trescothick has twice had to leave England tours because of his illness, most recently ahead of the Ashes series in Australia last winter.

And the selectors and amangement team are prepared to give him as much time as he needs to recover, even though he will not be available now until next summer at the earliest.

"The selectors have been acutely conscious that it would be counter-productive to try to rush Marcus back into international action before he was ready.

"We appreciate the fact that Marcus has alerted us at the earliest opportunity of his decision which will avoid there being any disruption to the team's one-day planning processes," said chairman of selectors David Graveney.

"Marcus has proved himself to be a very special talent on the international stage and we look forward to his making himself available again for England when the time is right and to his pushing his case for selection through his performances for Somerset?"

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