Former Test opener Justin Langer reckons his Somerset teammate Marcus Trescothick could be tempted out of his self-imposed international retirement for next week’s Ashes decider.

Langer said the big English left-hander could play at The Oval if his return was conditional on him not having to make himself available for overseas tours.

“I reckon on the right terms, he might play,” Langer told AAP.

“He loves batting at The Oval, I know it is his favourite place in the whole world to bat.

“He is in great form and there would be a romantic notion there for him, that is for sure.”

A return by Trescothick for the south London clash would add another dramatic twist to a match that is already being billed as a one-off match for the Ashes and Andrew Flintoff’s swansong.

Trescothick has battled with a stress-related illness that has prematurely ended his international career.

The problems started during England’s tour of India in 2005-06 when he returned home early before the problems resurfaced prior to the start of the 2006/07 Ashes series in Australia.

He has been in super form this northern summer, having scored 1,130 first class runs at an average of over 78 with six centuries.

He also has a good record at The Oval, having made 687 runs at 62.45 even if his average of just under 34 from 15 Ashes Tests is less impressive.

Somerset captain Langer wasn’t by any means certain that his teammate would answer his nation’s call following England’s middle order problems caused by Ravi Bopara and Ian Bell’s poor form.

“It is a really hard one, I would hate to be in his shoes,” Langer said.

“I have spoken to him a lot about it the last few days and I sensed they might ask him.

“But it opens up a massive can of worms if they said to him you can just play in England or come back for a one-off Test match.”

Langer’s comments followed those of Somerset chief executive Richard Gould, who said Trescothick could play in the series finale as long as he no longer had to tour.

“I believe Marcus would be more willing to end his self-imposed retirement if he was told he did not have to be available for any tours due to his much-publicised medical condition,” Gould said.

England played three openers in the 2005 Ashes campaign in Trescothick, Andrew Strauss and Michael Vaughan but calling up the Somerset batsman three years after his last Test could be perceived as a sign of desperation.

Uncapped Jonathan Trott has a chance to seize a middle order spot in the tour match against the Australians in Canterbury this weekend.

The nearly 40-year-old Mark Ramprakash and Rob Key have been other names thrown up as possible middle order selections.

© AAP 2012

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