Marcus Trescothick: Wright could now be the man to replace Freddie after Ashes win

It was fantastic to see the England guys celebrating at The Oval after winning back the Ashes.

I watched Sunday's action on the telly while putting up shelves in my home – quite a contrast from four years ago when I was part of the England team which regained the Ashes for the first time in 19 years.

I thought England outplayed Australia at The Oval and thoroughly deserved the win. I sent congratulatory texts to three or four of the guys, but it took a few days to get any replies because I think the guys were inundated by text messages.

Reflecting on the series, you have to say it was a battle between two pretty evenly-matched sides.

The stats at the end of the series made interesting reading. Australia had most of the leading run scorers, and scored a lot more hundreds than England, and I think they also had the top three wicket-takers.

But the difference was that more of the key moments went England's way. Holding out for a draw at Cardiff was obviously one of those, when James Anderson and Monty Panesar performed heroics with the bat, and then there was a superb spell at Lord's by 'Freddie' Flintoff on the final day, and that four-wicket burst by Stuart Broad in Australia's first innings at The Oval.

The spin department was also quite a big issue. I know Graeme Swann didn't get 25 to 30 wickets in the series, but he still had a major impact in the wins at Lord's and The Oval, whereas Australia will probably be regretting their decision not to pick a specialist spinner in Nathan Hauritz for the final Test.

Looking ahead, it's obviously going to be tough for England to replace Freddie in their Test team. There's talk that Broad could step up to six or seven in the order and he may progress into that. But, at the moment, I think he's a great number eight to have in the side. He's someone capable of scoring 40s, 50s and 60s but not necessarily the hundreds that you want from someone further up the order.

He's the perfect character to try and make that step up in the future, and technically he's probably good enough to do it, but I'm not sure he's ready for it yet.

If you are looking for someone in county cricket who might come through to fill Flintoff's role then Luke Wright could be that man.

He's already played quite a lot of one-day internationals and is similar to Freddie in that's a bustling fast bowler and an aggressive batter.

We've played against Sussex a lot recently and I've been impressed by him. I think he's got three first-class hundreds this season and he's someone, like Freddie, who can turn a game in 20 minutes, whether it be with bat or ball.

As for Freddie, it looks as if he's going to be quite a long time before he plays again after knee surgery. He's such an inspirational performer to the England side that it must be hoped he comes back fit and firing, but it won't be easy after a long absence. Indeed, he won't really know how well the knee surgery has gone until he starts running around again.

It also looks as if Jonathan Trott can become a regular in the England side after his superb debut performance at The Oval.

You have to give credit to the selectors for picking Trott when many other names were being bandied about.

I said beforehand that he was next in line and should play if Ravi Bopara was dropped. Ravi's a very good player and went straight back into county cricket and scored a double hundred. I'm sure he'll be back in the squad for the winter tour to South Africa.

But Trott's proved over the last few months what a good player he is by getting big scores for Warwickshire and I thought he played really well at The Oval. His hundred in the second innings obviously attracted a lot of attention, and to deliver under that kind of pressure showed what a good temperament he has. But I also thought the 41 he made in the first innings was crucial in that it came at a pivotal time in the match.

His emergence is a great boost for England's middle order. I wouldn't be surprised to see Kevin Pietersen bat at number three when he returns from injury and then you still have the likes of Trott, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara and Paul Collingwood to contest the other places.

Finally, the next week-and-a-half will be crucial to Somerset's hopes of challenging Durham for the County Championship title.

Durham are firmly in the box seat but we will still be in with a chance if we can beat Hampshire at the Rose Bowl and then Durham at the Riverside.

I watched the Hampshire versus Gloucestershire game in the Pro40 on the telly on Tuesday night and it looked as if the wicket was offering help to the spinners.

I presume we might find ourselves playing on the same pitch – and that means the slow bowlers could have a big part to play over the next four days. Hampshire have a good leg-spinner Imran Tahir and I expect they will want conditions to favour his bowling.