Trescothick cautious on trips abroad

coach. The appreciation of what a special environment you are involved in, it’s still no different for me.”

Trescothick’s return has been a gradual one, seconded for parts of the last two summers to work with the white-ball set-up and then travelling for the tour of South Africa before Christmas.

When interviewed he was up front with the England & Wales Cricket Board about what he and could not do in the role, given the well-documented problems he faced on long overseas trips as a player. For now, that means he is not committed to travel for longer than four or five weeks at a time.

That kind of schedule would not work for the likes of head coach Chris Silverwood or his assistants Graham Thorpe and

Paul Collingwood, but Trescothick’s brief means he will work up and down the pathway, from under-19s to England Lions as well as spells with the senior side.

“We have discussed it and I’m ready to jump back on and do bits and pieces. Do I want to do three months in a row? No, I don’t. I’m building up to that sort of point,” he said.

“It’s an ongoing process for me. Every trip that I do, the more I realise how much I enjoyed the touring life. It felt different because of the stresses and strains of not playing the game and the intensity that goes with it. But that’s not to say I’m ready to jump back in and do six weeks or two months or three months away. That’s not what I’m ready for yet.

“I said to them three, four, five weeks, I’m open to all that. It’s gradually getting easier for me, my kids are growing up, less dependent on me and I’ve grown more confident to deal with it.”

England are due to host New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India this summer.