.. We may have to make some special travel plan for Marcus out of the normal framework of the team,' Gould said.

In an award-winning autobiography published last year, Trescothick gave a detailed account of an attack that happened one night soon after the England team arrived in Baroda Feb 21, 2006, for a match against the Board XI.

'I started sweating heavily. I started shaking. I felt myself losing control. I was petrified. Then came the pictures in my head, specific, enormous, terrifying images. Sometimes, with the covers pulled tightly over my head, I would try and hide from the thought. Then, sometimes out of bed, almost blind with fear, I tried to run from them. Sometimes, I would stand stock still and imagine I could fight the fear with my bare hands.'

Trescothick again suffered an attack of depression at Heathrow airport in 2008 as he prepared to fly to Dubai with his Somerset teammates for a tour.

However, his performance in county circuit has come in for high praise from Somerset captain Justine Langer, who said Trescothick has been in 'incredible form'.

'He's as good a player as you'll see,' said Langer.

'I would have picked him for England for the last three years, but it's his choice not to, and having read his book I can understand why he doesn't want to play,' Langer said.