Cricketer offered $1.56 mn to hit ball out of Lord’s

Mongoose batmakers are asking former England star Marcus Trescothick to 'merely' clear a boundary.

He may have been too fragile for the mind-games in professional cricket,but that has not stopped Marcus Trescothick from being targetted by the ‘Mongoose’ bat company.

A former England Test star,Trescothick has got an opportunity to earn a cool USD 1.56 million if he can send the ball sailing over the stands of the historic Lord’s stadium.

Former opener Marcus Trescothick,who remains a formidable name in the country’s county circuit after retiring from international cricket,was offered a chance to fish a million pounds if he muscles the ball over 210 feet from the Nursery End landmark at the Lord’s.

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The hard-hitting batsman received the offer from his bat makers Mongoose for repeating a feat that has been attained only once in the cricketing history,’The Herald Sun’ reported.

Mongoose said Trescothick was well-placed to repeat the record set by Australian Albert Trott,who cleared the 50-foot building during a match for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1899.

The 34-year-old will be equipped with the Mongoose’s latest bat,designed for cricket’s shortest form.

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