Following this move, he forced his way back into the Test team and participated in England's victory in the 2010–11 Ashes in Australia.

Tremlett had been affected by back and knee injuries in recent years and was restricted to three Championship appearances for Surrey in 2015.

To demonstrate his continuing progress Tremlett was regularly selected in England's 12 for the Ashes Tests later in 2005 but due to the success and consistency of the first choice bowlers he did not make his debut.

[4] Tremlett was in and out of the Hampshire team in April and May, playing two Championship matches against Sussex and Warwickshire, and taking four wickets, and was then diagnosed with a side strain.

[5] He returned to take six wickets in seven matches in Hampshire's Twenty20 Cup campaign,[6] and featured in four more Championship matches, to bring his tally for the season to 30 wickets at a bowling average of 21.70, the lowest at the club,[7] including a spell of six for 89 in a two-wicket loss to Warwickshire.

[8] After struggling with injury and form in 2009 at Hampshire, Tremlett left to join Surrey on a three-year contract.

[10] After cutting down his run up and increasing his pace through work with Hampshire teammates Shane Warne and Stuart Clark, Tremlett came back into Test contention in 2007 after a rash of injuries to established bowlers.

Selected for the opening match of the Test series, Tremlett took 4/124 in England's victory, extracting bounce from the Lord's pitch to trouble the Indian batsmen.

[15] After testing his fitness in November 2011,[16] he was included in England's squad to play Pakistan in the UAE in the following January.