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MBE (born in
Keynsham ,
Somerset on
25 December ,
1975 ) is an
English Cricket er who plays
Test Cricket for the
England Cricket Team and
County Cricket for
Somerset County Cricket Club .
An exceptional run-accumulation record at school level was followed by Trescothick captaining the
England Under-19 Cricket Team on tour against
West Indies in 1994/5 and at home against
South Africa in 1995. He was awarded the
NBC Denis Compton Award in the 1996 and 1997 season.
After a relatively disappointing early
First-class Cricket career as an opening
Batsman , Trescothick impressed
Duncan Fletcher in a
County Match at
Taunton against
Glamorgan (when Fletcher was the Glamorgan coach) when he scored 167 (including five
Sixes ) when the next-best score was 50. Fletcher became the first foreigner to coach England in
1999 , and, when he needed an opening batsman in
2000 , he called on Trescothick. Trescothick immediately demonstrated devastating strokeplay with a calm head, a good combination with the more solid play of
Michael Atherton .
Trescothick has since displayed a tendency to give his
Wicket away when seemingly well set, contributing only a quick cameo of 30 or so runs. After a career best 219 against South Africa at The Oval in 2003, his form dipped in the 2003/4 tours to
Sri Lanka and
West Indies , and the stellar debut of
Andrew Strauss in
2004 overshadowed Trescothick to some extent. However, the England selectors were patient and, on
1 August ,
2004 , playing against
West Indies , Trescothick became the first player to make centuries in both
Innings in a Test match at
Edgbaston (and the ninth England player to score a century in each innings of a Test match). On
28 December 2004 , in the second innings of the second Test against
South Africa at
Durban , Trescothick scored 132 runs in an opening parthership of 273 with Strauss, a record opening partnership at Durban and England's first 200 opening stand since
Graham Gooch and Atherton against
Australia in
1991 . At Johannesburg his quickfire 180 helped set up England's decisive victory. He is also an accomplished
Slip Fielder , as well as a very occasional
Bowler and stand-in
Wicketkeeper .
Trescothick is praised as one of England's better players of
Spin , he established this when he first toured the sub-continent. Since establishing himself Trescothick he has had an excellent record against most sides and in the recent 2005 Ashes series put his demons from the previous Ashes series to rest by being the second highest run scorer in the series (next to
Kevin Pietersen ). As well as achievements he has an interesting title as
Glenn McGrath 's and
Shane Warne 's 500th and 600th wicket respectively.
Trescothick is also England's vice-captain, having been appointed to the role after
Michael Vaughan became captain of the side (indeed, Trescothick was Vaughan's main rival for the captaincy). He has twice captained the side for Test matches when Vaughan has been injured, winning against
New Zealand at
Lord's but losing to
Pakistan in
Multan . He has also captained England in five
One-day International s (winning three and losing two) and representative matches.
In 2005, he was named as one of five cricketers of the year by
Wisden Cricketer's Almanack , and in June of that year scored exactly 100 not out against
Bangladesh in his hundredth one-day international; this was his ninth ODI hundred, passing Gooch's previous England record of eight.
He also has the feat of scoring 1000+ runs in a calendar year three years running having scored 1004 in
2003 ,
1003 in
2004 , and 1323 in
2005 . In the 2006 New Year Honours list, Trescothick was awarded the MBE for his role in the successful Ashes tour. He is married to his longtime partner, Hayley Rowse, and they have a daughter, Ellie Louise. After suddenly returning home due to personal reasons during the 2006 India tour, he withdrew himself from both the test and the ODI series.
In May 2006, a cricket management simulation endorsed by Marcus Trescothick, 'Marcus Trescothick's Cricket Coach', is set to be released. It has been developed by Rockingham Software Ltd and licensed to Focus Multimedia Ltd.
