Marcus Trescothick: 20 Numbers (For
The Observer 6 August 2006)
1 – Against the West Indies in August 2004, 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).
17 – The age Trescothick was first called up to play for Somerset in 1993. He was promoted to open the following season and averaged over 48 in his first full season, helped by two centuries.
19 – He captained England Under 19 in 1994 against the touring West Indians, making a century and a double hundred in the series. That season he scored over 1,000 runs at Under 19 level, second only to John Crawley amongst English cricketers.
24 – Trescothick’s age when he first played for England in the Test team, after starring for the ODI team.
68 – Ian Botham, also a Somerset cricketer, held the English record for most consecutive ODIs – 67 (set between 1977-78 and 1983-4). Tresco surpassed this in 2003, although he didn’t reach Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 185. His run came to an end in 2004 when he was rested in Zimbabwe, and stands at 92.
71 – per cent. At Test level, in Tresco’s 75 Tests (excluding the second innings at Headindley), he has been caught 71% of the time.
75 – The number of Tests, so far, that Tresco has played without being dropped. He has missed only 6 tests since 3rd August 2000 (3rd Test v West Indies – Tres scored 66) through injury or personal circumstances.
100 – He won his 100th ODI cap in the opening match of the NatWest Series against Bangladesh and fittingly hit a 76-ball century as England won by 10 wickets for only the second time in their history. In the process Trescothick became England's leading centurion in one-day cricket with nine.
100s – He holds the interesting title as Glenn McGrath's, Shane Warne's and Brett Lee’s 500th, 600th and 100th wickets respectively.
122 - Trescothick hit his maiden Test century against Sri Lanka at the start of 2001 in the first Test at Galle.
155 – Trescothick’s only Test Match wicket was the Pakistan opening batsman Imran Nazir in the third test in 2001, at the National Stadium, Karachi. His average is 155. His strike rate is 300.
167 – Trescothick’s innings at Taunton against Glamorgan in 1999 when Duncan Fletcher was their coach. The next highest score was 50, and Fletcher remembered Trescothick when he became England coach later in the year.
193 – He was named captain for the first Test when Vaughan was ruled out with a knee injury and responded with one of his greatest innings as he scored 193, although England went on to lose the match by 22 runs and eventually the series 2-0.
219 – His highest Test innings to date, achieved in the final Test against South Africa in 2003 as England squared the series.
Trescothick then made history in the second Test against West Indies as he became the first player to make centuries in both innings of an Edgbaston Test as England cruised to victory and went on to complete a 4-0 whitewash.
273 – The stand between Trescothick (132) and fellow opener Andrew Strauss (136) as they became the first England openers to share a double-century stand since Graham Gooch and Michael Atherton made 203 in 1990-91. By the time Trescothick’s wicket fell, their stand was England's fifth highest and the best since Geoff Pullar and Colin Cowdrey added 290 against South Africa at the Oval in 1960.
322 – In 1997 in a Somerset second XI match Trescothick scored 322, and was run out when Somerset needed 611 to win. They lost by six run.
1004 – Trescothick's 132 also took his run tally for the year to 1004, and he was therefore England's leading run-scorer in 2004.
1,000+ –He has the feat of scoring 1000+ Test runs in a calendar year three years running: 1004 in 2003, 1003 in 2004, and 1323 in 2005.
5,000 – Trescothick holds the record for the fastest batsman to reach 5000 runs in Test cricket, passing that mark over a year faster than Rahul Dravid, the second fastest player.
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