Marcus Trescothick has made his intentions clear ahead of the second Test match against New Zealand which starts in Wellington tomorrow.

In a message back to all his colleagues at the County Ground in Taunton this morning he says: "We are now looking forward to the next Test and are going to fight hard to make the series 2-0.

"We are over the moon to have taken the lead in the Test series. We played some very fine cricket, Nasser, Thorpe, Flintoff, Hoggard and last but not least Andy Caddick, each as good as the other.

"To think back to the first morning when we were 0 for 2 in the first over of the day. Who would have believed we could have won so convincingly?

"People in this part of the world haven't given us any credit for the victory. The only thing they are talking about is Astle's double century. I have to agree it was very special and I was starting to get a little worried.

"But at the end of the day we walked off with the 1-0 lead in the series, which is what we wanted."

Thanks for the message Marcus, and we know that you regularly log on to the Somerset site, so good luck for tomorrow's match. We will all be cheering for you and hoping you get a big score.

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