I WAS delighted to see Marcus Trescothick’s endorsement of Craig Overton’s selection to England’s Ashes squad (TCP, October 20).
Admittedly, he is a Somerset team mate of Overton but a couple of well-renowned cricket broadcasters were quite disparaging about England’s lack of physical threat, suggesting that Overton wouldn’t frighten anyone and that Liam Plunkett should have perhaps gone instead.
Having watched the Yorkshire v Somerset match at Scarborough, I’m not so sure. Plunkett and Overton were the two stand-out bowlers and Plunkett and ...