The day after top scoring with 76 in England's heavy defeat at the hands of the Aussies at Edgbaston, Marcus Trescothick was back at the County Ground on a wet Monday morning training hard, lapping the ground and sprinting short distances.

"I'm really looking forward to playing against Glamorgan on Wednesday. It's been a long time since I played here last," he said.

When I asked him about the next time he would be available to play for the county he said: "pass."

I asked him what he thought about the two Pakistan players turning out for Somerset against Australia he said, "It will be good for the crowd because everyone wants to see him (Shoaib Akhtar) bowl, he is very quick. It will give us a chance to rest key players, and get a large crowd in for the game, which is important."

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