Cricket: Marcus rues lost chance.MARCUS Trescothick Marcus Edward Trescothick MBE (born 25 December 1975 in Keynsham, Somerset) is an English cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club. He has played for England in 76 Test matches and 123 One-day Internationals. reported to Old Trafford Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:
The Somerset left-hander was on course to become the first England batsman since Graham Thorpe Graham Paul Thorpe MBE (born August 1 1969 in Farnham, Surrey) is an English cricketer who played for Surrey and England. Naturally right-handed in everything but batting, when he was six years old Thorpe changed his stance to make it harder for his two elder brothers to get achieved the feat in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. in 1997 to score successive hundreds at this level on the opening day of the final Test yesterday. Having survived two reprieves, dropped twice off successive deliveries from Dilhara Fernando Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando (born 19 July, 1979, Colombo) is a cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka. He is a right handed pace bowler. Fernando uses a rare technique, splitting the fingers on the ball as it is released from the hand. on 64, Trescothick had progressed to 81 when he edged Muttiah Muralitharan to slip and missed his opportunity as England reached 273 for four during a rain-affected day. For many batsmen, his innings including 14 boundaries would have been more than acceptable, but Trescothick demands a high level of performance for himself and will watch today knowing he failed to exploit a good wicket. ``Eighty-one is probably not enough,'' admitted Trescothick, who was presented with a special cap to mark his 25th Test appearance beforehand. ``I would expect more from myself, ideally to go on and get hundreds or double hundreds, so I'm a bit disappointed in myself.'' Yesterday's dismissal also marked Murali's first success against Trescothick in six Test appearances against him on his return to the Old Trafford ground where he enjoyed such great success for Lancashire. ``I've played pretty well against him so far,'' admitted Trescothick. ``I have developed my own personal method of batting against him which has been pretty successful. ``He had just come over the wicket when he got me out and it was the angle more than anything else that did for me, but I was a bit unlucky to get the edge.'' Mark Butcher was attempting to claim his second century in only three Test innings after reaching an unbeaten 85 when rain halted play last night. Butcher's display followed his dismissal for 94 during the innings victory at Edgbaston and his century during the drawn opening Test at Lord's. CAPTION(S): LUCKY ESCAPE: Sri Lanka's Hashan Tillakaratne drops an easy chance from Marcus Trescothick |
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