What special items do you pop in your kit bag if you are an England cricketer heading off on tour?
Captain Alastair Cook
likes to take a dart board with him. For others, television box
sets and games consoles help to while away the hours during downtime.
The wonderfully eccentric former England wicketkeeper Jack Russell would not leave home without several boxes of Weetabix, enough tea bags to feed his 30-cups-a-day habit, biscuits, mashed potato, baked beans and HP sauce.
Alongside Russell's creature comforts, James Tredwell's penchant for home-made jam and chutney appears decidedly modest.
But that will not make the off-spinner any less popular in the team room in Sri Lanka, where England play seven one-day internationals in the next three weeks, starting in Colombo on Wednesday.
"I've got a bit of a patch where I grow my own fruit and veg so I make some chutneys and jams if I have a bit of a glut," Tredwell told BBC Sport before departing for the island off the Indian subcontinent.
"I've got a couple of chutneys this year which I might sneak into the bag to Sri Lanka but customs tend to be a bit tight these days.
"When we're in Bangladesh and places like that, where the food can be quite temperamental at times, it can be quite nice to have a bit of home comfort. At other times, it's just a good way for me to get rid of it. I have that many jars of it in the cupboard, it's nice to take it away and let the boys enjoy it."
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