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Marcus Trescothick (born 1975) played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club and represented England in Test matches and One Day Internationals (ODIs). A left-handed opening batsman, he made his first-class debut for Somerset in 1993, his ODI debut in July 2000, and his Test debut a month afterwards. He held the record for the most ODI centuries of any English player and for the fastest half-century in English Twenty20 cricket. Trescothick also positioned as slip fielder and a right-handed medium pace bowler; he kept wicket for England in five ODIs and was England captain for two Test matches and ten ODIs. A stress-related illness in 2006 forced him to withdraw from the national squad. He joined Somerset in 2007 and played while working as a commentator and analyst for Sky Sports in the off-season. Trescothick retired in 2019, holding several Somerset batting records. He is currently the lead batting coach for the England Test team. (Full article...)

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