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Hayter column: Strauss sent out the wrong message to England players

19 December 2017 0 comments

…successes, failures and all the soap operas in between will also testify, rather more shamefacedly. The example of Marcus Trescothick having to quit playing for England is a reminder of…

Derek Pringle Column: Gambler Bayliss Collects Early On Vince

29 November 2017 0 comments

…did the same with Marcus Trescothick, another who averaged high 20s in county cricket. But he’d seen something from Trescothick which resonated when Somerset had played Glamorgan, the team Fletcher…

5 times England have been embarrassed at the Gabba

22 November 2017 0 comments

…cricket.” Desperate to make an early impact after the sad loss of Marcus Trescothick and to give his friend Andrew Flintoff something to build on as he strove to stamp…

Action Replay: When a whole series was defined by one delivery – one wide

17 November 2017 0 comments

…Marcus Trescothick, who had flown home from the tour of India earlier that year. At England’s pre-tour media free-for-all in Sydney, the Somerset man was besieged by journalists wanting to…

Simon Jones says experience can upstage Aussie young bucks

7 November 2017 0 comments

…if I saw Tressy (Marcus Trescothick), (Andrew) Strauss or (Michael) Vaughan fall early then I would start to think, ‘what’s going on?’. “It will be exactly the same if Jimmy…

Trescothick still facing up to demons a decade later

25 October 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Dan Mullan / Getty Images) By Peter Hayter Leaden-legs aching and thick, Marcus Trescothick reckons how he feels after three days on the Big Bike Ride for the Tom…

Warner’s comments were ‘not needed’ and ‘pathetic’, says Trescothick

18 October 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Adam Ellis Marcus Trescothick was far from impressed by David Warner’s comments about hate being a motivation for him in the upcoming Ashes series Down Under….

Taunton has come a long way since 2004

22 May 2017 0 comments

…of grants. For example, the development of the Pegasus Flats adjacent to the ground in turn helped fund the new Somerset and Trescothick Stands. The club also negotiated the purchase…

Peter Hayter column – Let’s have more of this magic – and free to air, too

9 May 2017 0 comments

…them were later knighted, Sir Ian Botham, Sir Vivian Richards and Marcus Trescothick. Fast forward to Headingley on Thursday and Yorkshire’s match against Durham that produced 674 runs, and another…

County Archives: Somerset 2001

25 January 2017 0 comments

…centrally-contracted players, Marcus Trescothick and Andrew Caddick, were restricted to five Championship games between them. Trescothick still managed to chip in with a century and Caddick with 18 wickets, yet…

When Harmy had them on the hop at Sabina Park

13 December 2016 0 comments

…keeper. Adam Sanford was then caught by Trescothick, the first of the six – yes, six – slip fielders that were lined up alongside the wicketkeeper. Trescothick was the catcher…

Paul Nixon column – Jennings and Daws sensible picks for England

6 December 2016 0 comments

…more when he plays on bouncier pitches against quicker bowlers. You look at the likes of Michael Vaughan, Marcus Trescothick and Nick Knight – they were all successful because they…

From Gooch through to Cook, the men proud to withstand the opening salvo in England cause

18 October 2016 1 comment

…cover-drives and pulls could be sumptuous. Marcus Trescothick (Tests – 76. Runs – 5,825; 100s – 14;HS – 219; ave – 43.80) Monday September 12, 2005, 4.30 in the morning,…

No ignoring prolific Jennings’ haul of seven centuries

12 October 2016 0 comments

…for the season, falling on 999. Jennings went past him in the same match. Marcus Trescothick – Somerset In his 41st year, Trescothick was his county’s highest run scorer as…

It was a battle that Tres simply could never win

13 September 2016 0 comments

Ten years on, Peter Hayter looks at the brave call by Marcus Trescothick to face his demons and leave the international game In the good times, the times before the…

Shades of Gooch’s genius in Roy rampage

30 August 2016 0 comments

…Those who question Roy’s credentials point to a far-from-convincing return in county cricket, but when, with little better to go on, punts were taken on Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick,…

Peter Hayter column – Boards need to make the call not players

23 August 2016 0 comments

…to decide. Wisden recorded later: “Five (players) expressed doubts – Marcus Trescothick, Andy Caddick, Ashley Giles, Craig White and Robert Croft…. Caddick and Croft pulled out. Caddick, a father of…

Where are they now? Yorkshire – C&G Trophy winners 2002

16 August 2016 0 comments

…128 runs off 125 balls as Yorkshire made 260-4 to win by six wickets. “It was a topsy-turvy final, I remember Michael Vaughan catching Marcus Trescothick one-handed at wide extra…

Peter Hayter column – Is the book set to close on Alex & England?

9 August 2016 0 comments

…Marcus Trescothick and former England coach Andy Flower, and he returned to form recently with a brilliant ton in the Royal London Cup against Sussex. But he has had a…

Peter Hayter column – Cheating Amir will be judged in house of Lord’s

12 July 2016 0 comments

…the PA was marked with a smattering of applause. After Marcus Trescothick had become one of three victims of Amir’s undimmed ability to swing the ball late, he spoke for…

How Lord’s intensifies both glory and failure

14 June 2016 0 comments

…all the way down the stairs. As we passed through the noise was unbelievable. When we entered the Long Room, the place erupted.” Teammate Marcus Trescothick said: “We felt like…

Numbers stack up for Cook as Sachin looms in sights again

7 June 2016 0 comments

…replace the departing Marcus Trescothick, Cook already had a reputation as a compiler of runs in domestic cricket and had caught the eye of the Australians the previous summer after…

Ashes Analysis: One year on from England’s 2015 success over Australia

15 April 2016 0 comments

…style not seen in an England opener since the days of Marcus Trescothick. However, Hales must resolve his issues against the new ball, which plagued him during the series against…

Marcus Trescothick: Tom Abell is knocking on the door

12 April 2016 0 comments

Peter Hayter speaks to Marcus Trescothick about the prospects of Tom Abell as a future England opener… With England’s Test selectors seemingly still scratching their heads over who should open…

Joe Root has strength fused with tranquility

13 February 2016 0 comments

…assessment based on figures. Root averaged just 21.5 for England U19s in red-ball cricket, but rather like Duncan Fletcher’s talent-spotting of Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick, when their county figures…