CRICKET star Marcus Trescothick has been promised a whopping £1 million bonus if he can achieve one of cricket’s most elusive feats.
The current Somerset and former England batsman will be given the huge pay-out if he can smash a ball over the historic Pavilion at Lord’s in any 20- or 40-over game at the home of cricket. Only once has somebody managed to clear the Pavilion with a shot and that was way back in 1899 when Australian Albert Trott cleared the 50-foot building while playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club.
However, West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard came mightily close to repeating the feat last summer, proving that it is not an impossible achievement.
Now the inventors of the Mongoose bat – a new long handled bat that has been especially designed for the short form of the game – have offered Trescothick the huge incentive to try and repeat history.
“Attempting to hit the ball over the Pavilion will be a challenge and I have no idea whether I can achieve that until I try the bat,” the Somerset captain told The Sun.
“I saw Pollard’s massive shot at Lord’s last summer. It is only a matter of time until someone else clears the Pavilion.”(Eurosport)