List of international cricket centuries by Marcus Trescothick

Marcus Trescothick is an English cricketer and former opening batsman for the England national cricket team. He has scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 14 occasions in Test cricket and 12 times in One Day International (ODI) matches.[1][2]

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Marcus Trescothick has scored more centuries in One Day International cricket than any other English player.

Trescothick's first Test century was scored against Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium in 2001, when he made 122. He then continued to score at least one century every year until his retirement from international cricket in 2006. His highest score of 219 was made against South Africa in 2003 at The Oval, London—his only double century. He has made a century in both innings of a Test match on only one occasion, against the West Indies in 2004 at Edgbaston. Despite being the first batsman to achieve this feat at Edgbaston,[3] Trescothick was not named Man of the Match, as Andrew Flintoff's first-innings of 167 earned him the accolade instead.[4] During the 2005 series against Bangladesh, Trescothick scored centuries in both Test matches against the touring side, helping earn him a Man of the Series award.[5] His 14 Test centuries have been scored at 11 grounds; nine were scored in England and the remaining five were scored at different venues. Trescothick has been dismissed twice between 90 and 99, against India in 2001 and Australia in 2005.[6]

Trescothick's 12 ODI hundreds remained a record for an English player until Joe Root went past his tally in July 2018.[2] Trescothick passed Graham Gooch's (the previous record-holder) tally when he scored 100 not out against Bangladesh in his 100th ODI in 2005.[7] This was also the fastest of his career, off 76 balls, the third fastest ODI century for an English batsman.[8] Trescothick made his first ODI century against Pakistan, scoring a career-best 137. His century the following year against India in the final of the 2002 NatWest Series, along with two fifties earlier in the competition, saw him named Man of the Series.[9] He was again named Man of the Series in the 2003 NatWest Challenge, finishing the three-match series with a century, a fifty and more than twice as many runs as any other player.[10][11] Only six days later, captaining his side against South Africa, Trescothick scored another century and, alongside fellow opener Vikram Solanki, set an English record first wicket partnership of 200.[12] His ODI hundreds have been made against 10 different opponents, on seven different grounds. Six of his centuries have been scored in London, equally split between The Oval and Lord's.

After scoring four Test centuries and two ODI centuries in 2004, Trescothick was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2005.[13] Between the two formats (Test and ODI), Trescothick has scored a century against every opponent he has played except Namibia and Netherlands, each of which he only faced in one ODI.[14][15] Trescothick did not score a century in any of his three Twenty20 Internationals;[16] his highest score was the 72 he scored against Sri Lanka in 2006.[17]

Key

  • * denotes that he remained not out.
  • denotes that he was the captain of the English team in that match.
  • Pos. denotes his position in the batting order.
  • Test denotes the number of the Test match played in that series.
  • Inn. denotes the number of innings in the match.
  • H/A/N denotes whether the venue is home (England), away (opposition's home) or neutral.
  • Lost denotes that the match was lost by England.
  • Won denotes that the match was won by England.
  • S/R denotes strike rate.

Test centuries

No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResult
1122  Sri Lanka221/3Galle International Stadium, GalleAway22 February 2001Lost[18]
2117  Pakistan242/2Old Trafford, ManchesterHome31 May 2001Lost[19]
3161  Sri Lanka122/3Edgbaston, BirminghamHome30 May 2002Won[20]
4219  South Africa125/5The Oval, LondonHome4 September 2003Won[21]
5113  Bangladesh121/2Bangabandhu National Stadium, DhakaAway21 October 2003Won[22]
6132  New Zealand122/3Headingley, LeedsHome3 June 2004Won[23]
7105  West Indies112/4Edgbaston, BirminghamHome29 July 2004Won[4]
8107  West Indies132/4Edgbaston, BirminghamHome29 July 2004Won[4]
9132  South Africa132/5Kingsmead, DurbanAway26 December 2004Draw[24]
10180  South Africa134/5Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway13 January 2005Won[25]
11194  Bangladesh121/2Lord's, LondonHome26 May 2005Won[26]
12151  Bangladesh122/2Riverside, Chester-le-StreetHome3 June 2005Won[27]
13193 ‡  Pakistan121/3Multan Cricket Stadium, MultanAway12 November 2005Lost[28]
14106  Sri Lanka111/3Lord's, LondonHome11 May 2006Draw[29]

ODI centuries

Trescothick batting for England against Sri Lanka in 2006
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResult
1137  Pakistan1296.47Lord's, LondonHome12 June 2001Lost[30]
2121  India12111.00Eden Gardens, KolkataAway19 January 2002Lost[31]
3109  India11109.00Lord's, LondonHome13 July 2002Lost[32]
4119  Zimbabwe11116.66R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboNeutral18 September 2002Won[33]
5108*  Pakistan1274.48Lord's, LondonHome22 June 2003Won[34]
6114* ‡  South Africa1291.20The Oval, LondonHome28 June 2003Won[35]
7130  West Indies1194.20Beausejour Stadium, Gros IsletAway1 May 2004Lost[36]
8104  West Indies1183.87The Oval, LondonHome25 September 2004Lost[37]
9100*  Bangladesh12131.57The Oval, LondonHome16 June 2005Won[38]
10104*  Australia1277.61Headingley, LeedsHome7 July 2005Won[39]
11113  Ireland1199.12Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, BelfastAway16 June 2006Won[40]
12121  Sri Lanka11102.54Headingley, LeedsHome1 July 2006Lost[41]

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