Somerset star Trescothick named most valuable player

Marcus Trescothick has been handed a boost ahead of the inaugural Champions League by being named English cricket's most valuable player.

The Somerset opener topped the Professional Cricketers' Association rankings for a season after scoring 2,916 first-team runs.

Next week Trescothick is due to go on his first overseas tour in three years – since he suffered a stress-related illness in Australia – when Somerset CCC visit India.

He said: "I know the risk and I know what happens when it goes wrong.

"In the last couple of times I have tried to go on tour it's failed, so of course [it is a risk].

"Let's try and break the tradition of what has happened over the last few times.

"I can only try. It's a big competition for the players and for the club. I have got to try and make it happen."

Trescothick will not fly out with the rest of the team this Saturday but is due to travel on Monday.