Marcus Edward Trescothick was born on 25 December 1975 and is an English former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals.
100 Facts About Marcus Trescothick
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Marcus Trescothick is an accomplished slip fielder and occasional right-handed medium pace bowler who has kept wicket for England in five ODIs, and deputised as England captain for two Test matches and ten ODIs.
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Marcus Trescothick was an automatic choice for England between 2000 and 2006, before a stress-related illness threatened his career and forced him to pull out of the national squad.
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Marcus Trescothick began rebuilding his career with Somerset in 2007 and scored two double-centuries that season.
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Media speculation continued as to a possible international return, Marcus Trescothick repeatedly voiced his intent to remain in retirement, and has suffered recurrences of his condition in both 2008 and 2009 when Somerset toured abroad.
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Marcus Trescothick nevertheless continued to play for Somerset while working as a commentator and analyst for Sky Sports in the off-season.
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Marcus Trescothick finally retired in 2019 holding several Somerset batting records.
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Marcus Trescothick is currently the lead batting coach for the England Test team.
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Marcus Edward Trescothick was born on 25 December 1975 in Keynsham, Somerset.
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Marcus Trescothick was the younger of two children born to Martyn and Linda Trescothick; his sister, Anna, is three years older than him.
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Marcus Trescothick's father was a good amateur cricketer, and had played two matches for Somerset County Cricket Club's second team and appeared for Bristol and District Cricket Association between 1967 and 1976, before becoming a stalwart at Keynsham Cricket Club, where his mother made the club teas.
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Marcus Trescothick was immersed into cricket from an early age; the notice announcing his birth in the local newspaper had a quote from his father saying "he will have every encouragement to become a cricketer when he grows up", and he received his first cricket bat when he was eleven months old.
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Marcus Trescothick's education continued at the Sir Bernard Lovell School in Oldland Common near Bristol, and by the age of 14 he was playing alongside his father for Keynsham in the Western League.
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Marcus Trescothick was named as the "outstanding young cricketer of the year" by The Cricketer.
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Marcus Trescothick was nicknamed Tresco and Banger, the latter deriving from his diet as a young player:.
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Marcus Trescothick was not as successful in domestic cricket in 1995, although there were still some highlights including an innings of 151 against Northamptonshire, and a hat-trick, including the wicket of century-maker Adam Gilchrist, for Somerset against Young Australia.
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However, Marcus Trescothick was awarded the NBC Denis Compton Award for Somerset's most promising young county player in the 1996 and 1997 seasons.
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In 1997, Somerset Second XI were set 612 to win by Warwickshire Second XI, and Marcus Trescothick scored 322 to bring the Seconds to 605.
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In 1999, Marcus Trescothick impressed Glamorgan coach Duncan Fletcher in a county match at Taunton, by scoring 167 in a low-scoring match where the next-highest innings was 50.
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When England opening batsman Nick Knight sustained a finger injury in 2000, Fletcher, who had been appointed England coach, called on Marcus Trescothick to make his England debut in the NatWest Series against Zimbabwe and the West Indies.
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Marcus Trescothick participated in two England A tours during the winter of 1999, but his full One Day International debut came against Zimbabwe at The Oval on 9 July 2000, when he scored 79.
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Marcus Trescothick continued his good form in the tournament with a Man of the Match-winning 87 not out against the West Indies at Chester-le-street, amassing 288 runs at an average of 48.00 and taking two wickets against Zimbabwe at Old Trafford.
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Marcus Trescothick displayed a calm temperament when England lost early wickets, scoring 66 and forming a partnership of 179 with Alec Stewart.
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Marcus Trescothick did not score highly in the tournament, and England were knocked out at the quarter-final stage against South Africa.
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Marcus Trescothick was named the Professional Cricketers' Association Player of the Year for his performances for Somerset throughout 2000.
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Marcus Trescothick reached his highest score of the three Test matches in the opening innings of the first Test.
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Marcus Trescothick took his sole Test wicket in the third Test, when Ashley Giles caught the Pakistan opener Imran Nazir.
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Marcus Trescothick started the Sri Lanka tour with a century against a Sri Lanka 'Colts XI'.
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Marcus Trescothick was the top scorer in both innings of the first Test with 122 and 57, although this was overshadowed by Marvan Atapattu's 201 not out in Sri Lanka's innings.
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Marcus Trescothick averaged 41.33 in the Test series, but only 16.00 in the three subsequent ODIs.
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Marcus Trescothick captained the side for the first time in this series, deputising for the injured Nasser Hussain.
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Marcus Trescothick really came into his own on the winter tour of India in 2001.
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Marcus Trescothick was England's best batsman in the ODI series, averaging 53.00 with a strike rate of over 100.
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Marcus Trescothick scored a century in the first ODI, although England lost by 22 runs.
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Marcus Trescothick established a reputation for keeping his composure while the rest of the team were failing; at this point, none of Trescothick's four international centuries had resulted in an England win.
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Marcus Trescothick was man-of-the-match in the final ODI, setting up an England victory, with 95 runs from 80 balls.
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Marcus Trescothick had been playing well in 2002, scoring 161 in the Sri Lankan series and being awarded the Player of the Series in the tri-nation NatWest Series, until his season was cut short when he fractured his thumb while fielding.
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Marcus Trescothick returned for the fourth Test against India, scoring two half-centuries.
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Marcus Trescothick had mixed fortunes in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy; he followed his century in the NatWest final with a man-of-the-match winning 119 against Zimbabwe, but failed to score as England lost to India and exited the tournament.
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Marcus Trescothick averaged 31.60 across 10 matches in the VB Series, but England were outplayed by Australia throughout the tour.
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Marcus Trescothick failed to excel in the 2003 World Cup as England failed to qualify for the knock-out stages.
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Marcus Trescothick's form continued in the 2003 NatWest Series, with 114 not out against South Africa.
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Marcus Trescothick maintained his form in the South Africa Test matches; a career-best 219 at The Oval completed a successful series in which he averaged 60.87.
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Marcus Trescothick scored one half century in the three ODIs, although England only used five batsman in the comfortable victories.
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England played poorly against Sri Lanka, with Marcus Trescothick finding it hard to build a large innings.
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Marcus Trescothick attempted to take control of the match with 70 at Colombo, as England tried to get something from the series, but was criticised for his poor catching.
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Back in England, Marcus Trescothick was called upon to captain England after Michael Vaughan sustained a knee injury.
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Marcus Trescothick was again England's best One Day International batsman in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, scoring 261 runs in just four innings, including a century in the final; he took his fourth ODI wicket.
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Flintoff and Marcus Trescothick were "rested" allowing Kevin Pietersen to make his debut.
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Marcus Trescothick used the time to prepare for the following series in South Africa, even took up yoga in attempt to bolster his performances abroad.
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Marcus Trescothick made a further improvement with an even larger score of 180, as England won the fourth Test.
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Marcus Trescothick scored 194 in the first Test, and 151 in the second.
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Marcus Trescothick scored an unbeaten 100 in his 100th ODI against Bangladesh, surpassing Gooch's record of eight ODI centuries for England.
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Marcus Trescothick fared better in 2005 than in the previous Ashes series, becoming the second highest run scorer in the series.
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Marcus Trescothick had the dubious honour of becoming both Glenn McGrath's 500th and Shane Warne's 600th Test wicket during the series.
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Marcus Trescothick was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for his achievements in 2005, and was awarded an MBE in the 2006 New Year honours list with the rest of the English team.
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Marcus Trescothick had considered leaving the tour early when his father-in-law had a serious accident, but stayed in Pakistan as fellow opener Andrew Strauss returned home to attend the birth of his first child.
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Marcus Trescothick returned to Test cricket in May, scoring 106 against Sri Lanka to become the first Test centurion of the 2006 English season.
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Marcus Trescothick ended some speculation about his international career by announcing that he would like to be considered for a place in the national side in the future.
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Marcus Trescothick followed this double century with a knock of 76 off 35 balls against Northamptonshire, with five fours and seven sixes.
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In July 2007, Marcus Trescothick was named in the preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa, with the full squad to be confirmed on 11 August.
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However, Marcus Trescothick pulled himself out of the squad before the final confirmation date, stating that "[I am] now clear that I should take more time to complete my recovery".
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Marcus Trescothick said that he knows England cannot wait for him forever, and on 10 September 2007 he went into his second year without an England contract.
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Marcus Trescothick maintained prolific form throughout the season despite a foot injury, scoring 1,343 runs at an average of 61.04 to guide Somerset to the Division 2 championship.
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Marcus Trescothick was awarded a benefit year in 2008, following on from successful surgery on an injured metatarsal.
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Marcus Trescothick remains firm on his decision to stay out of the England team for the sake of his health.
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On 15 March 2008, Somerset announced that Marcus Trescothick had decided to pull out of the county's pre-season tour of the UAE after suffering a recurrence of his condition, leading many to speculate that, given this latest setback, it seemed increasing unlikely that Marcus Trescothick would represent England again.
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Somerset's director of cricket Brian Rose stated that he didn't "see the setback as a major problem" and that Marcus Trescothick would be able to play for Somerset in the following season, and "for many years" after.
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Marcus Trescothick stated that he had "tried on numerous occasions to make it back to the international stage and it has proved a lot more difficult than [he] expected" and repeated his desire to continue playing domestic cricket.
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Marcus Trescothick later stated that it was his decision to withdraw from Somerset's tour of Dubai that prompted his decision.
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The book has been widely commended for its honesty, with Marcus Trescothick's difficulties drawing comparison with Harold Gimblett's similar mental health problems.
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Marcus Trescothick continued his career with Somerset into 2009, having received a benefit year from his county, as well as a new stand in his name.
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Marcus Trescothick performed well in the one day arena, taking Somerset to the final of the Twenty20 championship while continuing to reject any suggestions of returning for the final Test of the 2009 Ashes series.
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Marcus Trescothick finished the season as the leading run scorer in the County Championship, scoring 1,817 runs.
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Marcus Trescothick was named Most Valuable Player by the Professional Cricketers' Association for his 2,934 runs in all competitions in the 2009 season, 1,745 of these in the County Championship.
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Marcus Trescothick was dismissed for 14 from 12 in his first match outside England since 2006, "after offering a fleeting glimpse of his talent" according to ESPNcricinfo.
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Marcus Trescothick led Somerset into the 2010 season as captain, and began strongly in the County Championship with a century and four half-centuries from his first eight games, though he struggled in the newly formed Clydesdale Bank 40 with only 95 runs from the first five matches, and in the Friends Provident T20 173 runs at 21.62 with a best of 50.
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Marcus Trescothick was eventually dismissed for 78 from only 32 balls.
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Marcus Trescothick went on to lead Somerset to runners-up position for all three English domestic competitions, losing out to Nottinghamshire in the County Championship, Hampshire in the Twenty20 and Warwickshire in the CB40 competition.
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In 2011 Marcus Trescothick started off the county championship season very strongly and was the first batsman in the country to score 1000 championship runs.
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Marcus Trescothick was awarded the 2011 season MVP award for his performances throughout the season.
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Marcus Trescothick ended 2011 with six centuries in the County Championship, batting with an average of 79.66 across the year.
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Across all three formats, Marcus Trescothick took 2,518 runs for his county.
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Marcus Trescothick did not travel with the rest of the side to the Champions League T20 in India.
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Marcus Trescothick missed part of the 2012 domestic season due to an ankle injury, and struggled for form going seven four-day matches without a half-century until passing fifty against Sussex in August and going on to score a century.
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Marcus Trescothick nevertheless made a statement to the media voicing his wish to continue playing into his forties, and took up a winter commentary stint with Sky Sports to cover England's tour of India.
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The 2013 season found Marcus Trescothick averaging only in the mid-twenties, and failed to score a century for the first time since 1998.
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Marcus Trescothick remained the second-highest run maker for Somerset, behind only Nick Compton, and retained the captaincy for the 2014 season.
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Marcus Trescothick has appeared as a commentator and analyst for Sky Sports in the off-season, in particular during coverage of the 2014 World T20.
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Marcus Trescothick scored 112 in a warm-up game against Middlesex, followed by 95 against a university team.
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In 2015, Marcus Trescothick scored over 1,000 runs for the season, including three centuries and eight 50s, and completed the milestone yet again in July 2016 against Nottinghamshire.
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In January 2016 after six seasons in the job Marcus Trescothick stood down from the Somerset captaincy to let experienced new overseas signing Chris Rogers lead the team.
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Marcus Trescothick finished his first season without the captaincy since retiring from England duty with a season average of over 53 and became the Somerset cricketer with the highest number of first class catches in the history of the club.
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Marcus Trescothick extended his contract with Somerset for the 2017 season during which he broke the record previously belonging to Harold Gimblett for most first class centuries for Somerset and signed another 12 month extension with Somerset in August 2017, to the end of the 2018 season, his 26th season with Somerset.
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On 25 September 2018 Marcus Trescothick took three consecutive slip catches as Craig Overton registered a hat-trick in the county championship against Notts.
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On 27 June 2019 Marcus Trescothick announced that he would retire from professional cricket at the end of the 2019 season.
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Marcus Trescothick was greeted with a standing ovation and left the field to a guard of honour from the opposition.
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In retirement, Marcus Trescothick has served as batting coach for the England Test team.
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Marcus Trescothick married Hayley Rowse in Trull, Somerset, on 24 January 2004, and the couple have two daughters.
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Marcus Trescothick is an honorary vice-president of Bristol City FC, as well as being a keen golfer.