Day Trescothick will never forget

London – Craig Overton and Marcus Trescothick joined forces for a first-class hat-trick the like of which had not been seen for more than 100 years in English cricket as Somerset completed an innings win over Nottinghamshire in their final County Championship match of the season at Trent Bridge on Wednesday.

England paceman Overton’s treble came just a day after Somerset captain Tom Abell had achieved the same feat and was remarkable in that all three of his dismissals were achieved via catches from Marcus Trescothick.

In the process Trescothick became the first outfielder since GJ Thompson of Northamptonshire in 1914 to be involved in three consecutive dismissals off as many balls.

Nottinghamshire started the third day on 115/3 but within 10 minutes the hosts crashed to 119/6 as Somerset surged to an innings and 146-run win.

Ben Slater fell for 49, edging the ninth ball of the day to Trescothick at second slip.

The next two balls produced near identical dismissals, with Samit Patel and Riki Wessels nicking into the safe hands of Trescothick. –