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England win tug of love for Craig Kieswetter

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

• Kieswetter pledges future to his adoptive country • Wicketkeeper tipped to play Test cricket with England Craig Kieswetter, Somerset's dynamic wicketkeeper batsman, has pledged his future to England following reports that South Africa were keen to reclaim the Johannesburg-born player. Kieswetter, 21, who has a Scottish mother and a British passport, was hastily added to England's Performance...

• Kieswetter commits himself to England - The Guardian
• Kieswetter commits himself to England - The Independent

Compton chooses new life at Somerset

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

• Somerset sign batsman to replace retired Justin Langer • Compton leaves shadow of legendary grandfather Denis Denis Compton famously played his entire career for Middlesex and England but history will not relate the same of his grandson. Now Nick Compton has become one of the winter's most high-profile transfers, having turned down an improved two-year contract with Middlesex to try to...

Somerset feared Trescothick anxiety relapse 'might happen'

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

• Director of cricket accompanied batsman and wife to India • Says Trescothick 'was very honest to me' The Somerset director of cricket, Brian Rose, has admitted that he knew he was taking a risk in selecting Marcus Trescothick for the Champions League in India. The former England batsman returned home yesterday, following a recurrence of his stress-related illness. It is the third time...

Trescothick flies home from India!

World A-Team Cricket Forum (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

I am posting this on the ITC forum rather than the England forum, simply because some of our Aussie friends have wondered why Trescothick has not been in the selectors minds. ---Quote (Originally by BBC)--- *Somerset's Marcus Trescothick has had to fly home from the Champions League Twenty20 in India after a recurrence of his stress-related illness.* The former England opener, 33, will play no further...

Trescothick returns home early from Champions League

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

• Anxiety disorder forces Trescothick to leave India prematurely • Latest relapse ends any hope of a return to England set-up Marcus Trescothick's attempt to conquer his anxiety disorder and play for Somerset in the Champions League has ended prematurely. Trescothick has flown home early from India after suffering a repeat of the stress-related condition that put paid to his England career...