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Edgbaston: It was always a fanciful notion that Marcus Trescothick would come out of international retirement to help England at their hour of need - or even be asked to - but his brutal innings of 56 off 32 balls just reinforced why he has been centre of attention over the last week. It was a display of power, timing and skill as he plundered the Kent attack around Edgbaston to set Somerset on track for a place in the Twenty20 Cup final.
As with Sussex earlier in the day, they are know assured of progression to the Champions League Twenty20 in October and there Trescothick faces another decision about to travel to the tournament. Touring was what he found impossible at the end of his international career, but before this semi-final he did talk of the excitement of the Indian event.
As with his four-day and 50-over batting, Trescothick is world-class at Twenty20. He warmed up for this match with 80 off 61 balls in the Pro40 (a game that wasn't far off a Twenty20 after some inept Gloucestershire batting) and continued in the same vein here.
Belying a slow pitch that made hitting through the line difficult, he took 16 off the opening over of the innings from Amjad Khan with four consecutive meaty boundaries. He launched a six over deep midwicket, but saved his best to reach fifty from 27 balls as he drove inside-out over extra cover. He'd been missed moments earlier on 47 when Azhar Mahmood spilled a return chance, but the stuffing had already been knocked out of Somerset.
Brief Score: Somerset 146 for 3 (Trescothick 56, Hildreth 36) beat Kent (Stevens 77) by seven wickets.
