Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Only rumour, AFAIK, had it to be Gough - the player they were trying to get around it with is, as yet, unnamed.You can't pick players for your WC squad outside of the 30 man-squad named from what I've read so Trescothick is no chance.
I read something about the ECB trying to get around the rule in regard to Darren Gough however.
As for 30-man squads in general, IMO they serve no purpose at all, especially if you can withdraw and add to them. All they do is serve to give a lot of false hope to a lot of people, and also prove a ridiculous insult to others, such as in the Gillespie-Harwood case.