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But batting coach refuses to make excuses for first-innings 183 all out
Marcus Trescothick has admitted that England “probably [did] not” have appropriate preparation before heading into the first Test of the LV= Insurance series against India at Trent Bridge.
England were dismissed for just 183 on Wednesday, with only Joe Root reaching 30. And with several of England top-order batters having not played a first-class match since the end of their series against New Zealand in early June and a couple of others having not played since the tour of India at the start of the year, it left Trescothick, one of the team’s batting coaches, facing questions about the team’s preparation heading into the series. While clearly in an awkward position considering his role with the ECB, Trescothick was honest in his assessment.
“It’s probably not [appropriate preparation], no,” Trescothcik admitted. “Of course you would want them to play a certain amount of red-ball cricket going into it. Scheduling is always an issue.
“We’d love to get more time into them at the crease: bowling with the red ball; facing the red ball. We’d love the preparation to be slightly better. But it’s not the way it is, so you have to get into it in a different fashion.
“We all appreciate that trying to get all the cricket in across the whole summer – county teams, The Hundred, all these competitions going on – there’s no easy solution to get this right and something always has to give.
