Shortly after the disappointment of losing to New Zealand in the fifth and deciding one day international Marcus Trescothick said, "I'm feeling very tired and looking forward to three days off."

Marcus said that today he was flying with the rest of the England squad to Dunedin ahead of the two day fixture against Otago which starts on Saturday March 2nd.

"I'm going to be captain for the two-day match and I'm really looking forward to it," he said.

When he was asked if keeping wicket and opening the innings was detrimental to him he said, "I don't think that doing the two jobs makes any difference to me at all."

Had he lost any weight because on the television shots of him keeping wicket he seemed to be looking thinner? Marcus said, "It's possible that I have lost weight because I've been working very hard indeed."

How did he feel after the result of the fifth one day match. "Of course I'm disappointed but I'm looking forward to the three match test series which gets underway on March 13th, but before that I'm looking forward to skippering the side on Saturday."

During the one day series Marcus said that he had linked up with Somerset team mates Rob Turner and Keith Parsons who have been out watching the series along with a tour party as part of Rob's benefit year activities. Rob and Keith and the rest of the party fly back to England today.

Marcus is a regular reader of the Somerset Website so Good Luck from everybody back in England for the game on Saturday, and everybody hopes that you find a rich vein of form in time for the first test match.

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