1. Christopher Timothy Tremlett was born on 2 September 1981 and is a former English cricketer who played international cricket for England and domestically for Hampshire and Surrey.
20 Facts About Chris Tremlett
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Chris Tremlett made his One Day International debut in 2005, and two years later played his first Test.
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Chris Tremlett moved to Surrey for the start of 2010 after struggling with injury.
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Chris Tremlett was a competent number 8 or 9 batsman, with seven first-class fifties to his name and has a strong arm from the deep.
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Chris Tremlett retired from all forms of cricket on 21 August 2015 due to injury.
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Chris Tremlett had been affected by back and knee injuries in recent years and was restricted to three Championship appearances for Surrey in 2015.
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Chris Tremlett took a wicket with his first ball in first-class cricket against New Zealand A in 1999, dismissing Mark Richardson.
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Chris Tremlett won the NBC Denis Compton Award in both 2000 and 2001.
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Chris Tremlett returned to take six wickets in seven matches in Hampshire's Twenty20 Cup campaign, 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, including a spell of six for 89 in a two-wicket loss to Warwickshire.
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The end of the 2009 season saw a great deal of change in Surrey's squad, with nine players leaving; Chris Tremlett was the fifth player to join the club before the start of the 2010 season.
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Chris Tremlett played for the England Lions against India in their final warm up game before the first Test and finally made his Test debut at Lords against India on 19 July 2007 after Matthew Hoggard was ruled out with a back complaint.
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Chris Tremlett's grandfather having played Test cricket, Chris Tremlett became the fourth grandson of a Test cricketer to make a Test debut without his father having played Tests.
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Chris Tremlett is the first Hampshire born Hampshire county cricketer to play a Test in England.
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Chris Tremlett was selected for the squad for the 2010 Ashes tour to Australia.
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Chris Tremlett was not selected to play in either of the first two tests, but in the first day of the third test, held at Perth, he took 3 wickets for 63 runs, troubling the Australian top order with the steepling bounce allowed for by the WACA surface.
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Chris Tremlett followed that up with 5 for 87 in the Australian second innings.
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Chris Tremlett took the last wicket in the last test, and with it, England won the series.
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The back injury prevented Chris Tremlett from playing any further part in the series.
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In September, for the first time Chris Tremlett was awarded one of 13 central contracts with the England and Wales Cricket Board until September 2012.
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Bresnan suffered an injury and Chris Tremlett was selected in his place for the first Test.