The 33-year-old former England opener, named 2009's mostvaluable player for 2009 by the Professional Cricketers' Association, is hopeful of impressing overseas and coping with his medical condition.
He enjoyed a marvellous 2009 county season with Somerset, scoring nearly 3, 000 runs in all competitions and being named as the Professional Cricketers' Association's player of the year and mostvaluable player of the year.
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