Chris Tremlett


Christopher Timothy Chris Tremlett is an English former cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club. He was a 6160feet 8160inches tall fastmedium bowler able to extract bounce on most surfaces. Tremlett started his playing career with Hampshire in 2000 and was awarded his county cap in 2004. He made his One Day International debut in 2005, and two years later played his first Test. Tremlett played three Tests in 2007 before injury interrupted.

After cutting down his run up and increasing his pace through work with Hampshire team mates Shane Warne and Stuart Clark, Tremlett came back into Test contention in 2007 after a rash of injuries to established bowlers. He played for the England Lions against India in their final warm up game before the first Test and finally made his Test dbut at Lords against India onJuly 2007 after Matthew Hoggard was ruled out with a back complaint. His grandfather having played Test cricket, Chris Tremlett became the fourth grandson of a Test cricketer to make a Test debut without his father having also played Tests. He is also the first Hampshire born Hampshire county cricketer to play a Test in England. He made a pair on debut, but tookwickets and during his second match, he tookwickets in each innings, and finished with figures of 312 as India cruised to a 7wicket victory needing just 73 to win.

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