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Full name Marcus Edward Trescothick
Born December 25, 1975, Keynsham, Somerset
Current age 32 years 241 days
Major teams England, Somerset
Nickname Banger, Tresco
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper
Height 6 ft 3 in
Education St Bernard Lovell School

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

143

5825

219

43.79

10685

54.51

831

ODIs

123

122

4335

137

37.37

5087

85.21

528

T20Is

166

55.33

131

126.71

First-class

234

404

14684

284

38.33

288

List A

300

287

9729

158

36.85

111

Twenty20

701

107

38.94

453

154.74

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

300

155

1/34

155.00

3.10

300.0

ODIs

123

232

219

2/7

54.75

5.66

58.0

T20Is

First-class

234

2674

1541

4/36

42.80

3.45

74.2

List A

300

2004

1636

4/50

28.70

4.89

35.1

Twenty20

Career statistics

Test debut

England v West Indies at Manchester, Aug 3-7, 2000 scorecard

Last Test

England v Pakistan at The Oval, Aug 17-21, 2006 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

England v Zimbabwe at The Oval, Jul 8, 2000 scorecard

Last ODI

England v Pakistan at Southampton, Sep 5, 2006 scorecard

ODI statistics

T20I debut

England v Australia at Southampton, Jun 13, 2005 scorecard

Last T20I

England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

1993

Last First-class

Somerset v Surrey at Taunton, Aug 12-15, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1993

Last List A

Somerset v Hampshire at Taunton, Aug 17, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Somerset v Northamptonshire at Taunton, Jul 15, 2004 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Northamptonshire v Somerset at Northampton, Jun 26, 2008 scorecard

There is something biblical about Marcus Trescothick's career: seven years of plenty as a schoolboy, seven years of famine when he reached the Somerset 1st XI. And lo, it came to pass in 1999 that he batted on a pacy pitch at Taunton against Glamorgan while Duncan Fletcher was their coach, and made a storming 167, with five sixes, when the next-best score was 50. When England needed a stand-in one-day opener in 2000, Fletcher remembered Trescothick. He took to international cricket like a duck to a TV screen. A true opener, he formed a habit of starting a series well with a mixture of expert leaves, crisp cover-drives, spanking pulls and fearless slog-sweeps. Hefty, knock-kneed and genial, he is described by Nasser Hussain as a left-handed Gooch, but his ease on the big stage and his blazing one-day strokeplay are just as reminiscent of David Gower. His first four England hundreds came in a losing cause, confirming his ability to keep his head while all around are losing theirs. Opening in Tests with Mike Atherton, Trescothick acquired the air of a senior player as if by osmosis - he joined the management committee on his first tour. All that stands between him and the top drawer is a tendency to get out when well set, to make a breezy 20 or 30. He seemed to have conquered this with a domineering home season in 2002, but it reappeared - like so many English frailties - as soon as the team landed in Australia. Trescothick endured fluctuating fortunes over the next couple of seasons. He showed glimpses of his blazing best against South Africa in 2003, when he capped his season with a determined 219 (and 69 not out) in the astonishing series-levelling victory at The Oval, but his form slid away drastically in the Caribbean that winter. The selectors never lost faith with him, and having stood in as captain for the first Test of the 2004 season, Trescothick cracked a pair of hundreds against West Indies at Edgbaston. At Johannesburg in 2004-05, he set up England's series victory with a brutal 180 on the final morning, and carried his domineering form into the home season. Having bullied 345 runs in two innings against the Bangladeshis, he spearheaded a no-holds-barred approach against Australia with 431 runs and a top score of 90, as he - and England - finally got the better of the one nation that really mattered. But his winter was cut short when he returned home suddenly from India under a cloak of secrecy, and after an indifferent summer it was announced he would miss the Champions Trophy as he was still recovering from a stress-related illness. He was included in the Ashes squad for the 2006-07 campaign Down Under but lasted less than two weeks before he was again boarding a flight back home with a recurrence of his illness. His return to action started with Somerset and his 2007 form, plus England's continued failings in one-day cricket, meant he was recalled to England's preliminary 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Championships. But he never made the cut, and, in March 2008, days after withdrawing from Somerset's pre-season tour to the UAE, he announced his retirement from international cricket. His autobiography, Coming Back to Me, was due for publication on September 1, 2008.
Tim de Lisle March 2008