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alt="Marcus Trescothick on England's tour of Australia" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> <div class="cap">Trescothick said eight days ago he "felt good"</div> </div> </td></tr> </table>   <B>Former England captain Graham Gooch says Marcus Trescothick made the right decision to quit the Ashes tour if he was not in the right frame of mind.</B> <P> Gooch told Five Live Sport: "I am shocked. He is a big player for England with a lot of experience. <P> "But he is not going to be much use if he is not mentally right. <P> "An Ashes tour is the toughest mentally to compete in because Australia don't hold back. So if he is not 100%, he is no use to them." <p>  <div class="avinline"> <a onClick="javascript:launchAVConsoleStory('6147246'); return false;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/video_and_audio/help_guide/4304501.stm"> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/audiosport.gif" align="left" width="60" height="13" alt="" border="0" vspace="1"><b>Report: Trescothick out of Ashes tour</b> </a> </div>   <div class="avinline"> <a onClick="javascript:launchAVConsoleStory('6147584'); return false;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/video_and_audio/help_guide/4304501.stm"> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/videosport.gif" align="left" width="60" height="13" alt="" border="0" vspace="1"><b>Interview: Somerset director of cricket Brian Rose</b> </a> </div>  </p> <P> Gooch sympathised with Trescothick's plight, the 30-year-old having suffered a recurrence of a stress-related illness that also forced him early from India earlier this year. <P>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" width="208" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="5"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="5" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td> <td class="sibStdQuote"> <div> <div class="mva"> <div id="q1"></div> <b>Marcus is a world-class performer and the Aussies would have been worried about him</b> <div id="q2"></div><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> <div class="mva"> <div class="mva">Phil Tufnell</div> </div> </td> </tr> </table>  "Playing top-level sport can be stressful, and stress affects people in different ways," Gooch added. <P> "I can sympathise with him, having been through that scenario of being away from your family for long periods on tour. <P> "I personally think in 12 months Alastair Cook would have been opening for England anyway, but it is still a big loss. <P> "They have a very short warm-up period before the Ashes and would have already decided what the team was going to be. <P> "But at least they have got their best six batsman out there already. Whoever flies out is going to be carrying the drinks." <P> Former England spinner <B>Phil Tufnell</B> also questioned the timing of Trescothick's decision so close to the first Test. <P> "It's not great for England's chances. It's just a big blow when you didn't want it," Tufnell told Five Live. <P>  <table cellspacing="0" align="right" width="208" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="5"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="5" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td> <td class="sibStdQuote"> <div> <div class="mva"> <div id="q1"></div> <b>He is still young and hopefully he will come back and play for England again</b> <div id="q2"></div><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> <div class="mva"> <div class="mva">Andrew Caddick</div> </div> </td> </tr> </table>  "Marcus is a world-class performer and the Aussies would have been worried about him. If he gets in, he can score big runs and he's a good player against Shane Warne. <P> "It's crucial for England to have a settled and solid opening partnership this winter and that's where you get the whole base from and the confidence grows." <P> Trescothick's Somerset team-mate <B>Andy Caddick</B>, the former England paceman, said the news was a "bolt from the blue". <P> "I remember talking to Duncan Fletcher about him when he was on the verge of playing for England and he was a very strong, mentally tough individual," Caddick told BBC News 24. <P> "Unfortunately this illness has been a bit of a bane for him for the last 12 months. It is just sad that a player of his quality has suffered from it again. <P> "But he is still young and hopefully with the support of his family and team-mates, he will come back and play for England again." <P> </font> <br /><br clear="all" /> </td> <td width="10" valign="top"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="puffbox"> <div class="o"> <div class="nlp"> ENGLAND PLAYER PROFILES </div> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6109514.stm"> Choose a 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value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6067748.stm"> Ashley Giles </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6067700.stm"> Steve Harmison </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6067706.stm"> Matthew Hoggard </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6067678.stm"> Sajid Mahmood </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6067756.stm"> James Anderson </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6067762.stm"> Liam Plunkett </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6150580.stm"> Ed Joyce </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> </div> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt=""><br /> <div class="o"> <div class="nlp"> AUSTRALIA PLAYER PROFILES </div> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6109372.stm"> Choose a player: </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055408.stm"> Ricky Ponting </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055432.stm"> Matthew Hayden </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055448.stm"> Justin Langer </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055690.stm"> Damien Martyn </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6056728.stm"> Michael Hussey </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055716.stm"> Michael Clarke </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6056690.stm"> Phil Jacques </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6056646.stm"> Andrew Symonds </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6056712.stm"> Shane Watson </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055784.stm"> Adam Gilchrist </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055740.stm"> Shane Warne </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055790.stm"> Stuart MacGill </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055772.stm"> Brett Lee </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055844.stm"> Glenn McGrath </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6055804.stm"> Shaun Tait </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6056662.stm"> Mitchell Johnson </option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6056632.stm"> Stuart Clarke </option> </select> <input value="GO" type="image" border="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif"> </td></tr></form></table> </div> <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt=""><br /></div> <div class="mvb"> <div class="sah"> SEE ALSO </div> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6146688.stm"> Trescothick to miss Ashes 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