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{{short description|English cricketer (born 1981)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Chris Tremlett
| image = Chris Tremlett 2014.jpg
| caption = Tremlett in 2014
| country = England
| full_name = Christopher Timothy Tremlett
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| family = [[Tim Tremlett]] (father)<br>[[Maurice Tremlett]] (grandfather)
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
| height = 6 ft 7 in
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2005–2013
| testdebutdate = 19 July
| testdebutyear = 2007
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 636
| lasttestdate = 21 November
| lasttestyear = 2013
| lasttestagainst = Australia
| odidebutdate = 21 June
| odidebutyear = 2005
| odidebutagainst = Bangladesh
| odicap = 189
| lastodidate = 26 March
| lastodiyear = 2011
| lastodiagainst = Sri Lanka
| odishirt = 33
| club3 = [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]
| year3 = 2010–2015
| clubnumber3 = 33
| club2 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
| year2 = 2000–2009
| clubnumber2 = 22
| club1 = [[Hampshire Cricket Board]]
| year1 = 2000
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 12
| runs1 = 113
| bat avg1 = 10.27
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 25[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 2,902
| wickets1 = 53
| bowl avg1 = 27.00
| fivefor1 = 2
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 6/48
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 15
| runs2 = 50
| bat avg2 = 7.14
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 19[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 784
| wickets2 = 15
| bowl avg2 = 47.00
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/32
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 146
| runs3 = 2,462
| bat avg3 = 17.84
| 100s/50s3 = 0/10
| top score3 = 90
| deliveries3 = 25,154
| wickets3 = 459
| bowl avg3 = 28.66
| fivefor3 = 13
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 8/96
| catches/stumpings3 = 38/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 133
| runs4 = 563
| bat avg4 = 10.05
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 38[[not out|*]]
| deliveries4 = 6,129
| wickets4 = 180
| bowl avg4 = 27.78
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/25
| catches/stumpings4 = 27/–
| date = 10 May
| year = 2024
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21650.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Christopher Timothy Tremlett''' (born 2 September 1981) is a former English [[cricket]]er who played international cricket for [[England cricket team|England]] and domestically for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] and [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]. He was a {{convert|6|ft|7|in}}<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21650.html |title=Chris Tremeltt |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2012-03-26}}</ref> tall [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] 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 cricket|Test]]. Tremlett played three Tests in 2007 before injury interrupted.

Tremlett moved to Surrey for the start of 2010 after struggling with injury. Following this move, he forced his way back into the Test team and participated in England's victory in the [[2010–11 Ashes]] in Australia. He was a competent number 8 or 9 batsman, with seven first-class [[half century|fifties]] to his name and has a strong arm from the deep.

He retired from all forms of cricket on 21 August 2015 due to injury. Tremlett had been affected by back and knee injuries in more recent years and was restricted to three Championship appearances for Surrey in 2015.<ref name="retire">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/34017678 |title=Chris Tremlett: Surrey and former England fast bowler retires |work=BBC Sport|date=21 August 2015 |access-date=21 August 2015}}</ref> In retirement he took up weightlifting and in June 2017 he shared a picture of his body transformation which went viral on the internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/chris-tremlett-looks-wildly-different-now-than-he-did-in-his-playing-days/news-story/a2633e4eaea8b50388773b1e742a14c6|title=Chris Tremlett reveals insane body transformation since retirement |work=news.com.au|date=7 June 2017|access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref>

==Domestic career and early England years==
Tremlett started career at Hursley Park CC. Tremlett took a wicket with his first ball in [[first-class cricket]] against New Zealand A in 1999, dismissing [[Mark Richardson (cricketer)|Mark Richardson]]. He went to India with the Under-19s in 2000/01, and was one of the first cricketers to attend the [[ECB Academy]] the following year.

Tremlett won the [[NBC Denis Compton Award]] in both 2000 and 2001. His grandfather [[Maurice Tremlett|Maurice]] played three times for England in the 1940s and also for [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]], while his father [[Tim Tremlett|Tim]] turned a playing career into a coaching job at Hampshire, and has coached his son during Chris's entire professional career.

In 2005 he made his [[English cricket team|England]] debut in a [[One Day International]] against [[Bangladeshi cricket team|Bangladesh]] at [[Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]], taking 4–32 and missing out on a [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] only by a freak occurrence: the hat-trick ball fell onto the top of [[Mohammad Ashraful]]'s stumps, but did not dislodge a bail. To demonstrate his continuing progress Tremlett was regularly selected in England's 12 for the [[2005 Ashes series|Ashes Tests]] later in 2005 but due to the success and consistency of the first choice bowlers he did not make his debut. He was also selected for the [[International cricket in 2005-06|2005–06]] season [[English cricket team in Pakistan in 2005-06|tour to Pakistan]], but had to withdraw because of injury. After undergoing surgery to his right knee and hip, he also missed the [[English cricket team in India in 2005-06|tour to India]].<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/4581826.stm Tremlett ruled out of India tour], from BBC, retrieved 31 August 2006</ref>

[[File:Chris Tremlett, 2009 Friends Provident Trophy final, Lord's.jpg|thumb|left|Tremlett was part of the Hampshire team that won the [[2009 Friends Provident Trophy]] final (seen here during the final).]]
Tremlett was in and out of the Hampshire team in April and May, playing two Championship matches against Sussex and Warwickshire, and taking four wickets, and was then diagnosed with a side strain.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/5015014.stm Hampshire back Tremlett potential], from BBC, retrieved 31 August 2006</ref> He returned to take six wickets in seven matches in Hampshire's Twenty20 Cup campaign,<ref>[https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/ENG/Twenty20_Cup_2006/Hampshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Hampshire – Twenty20 Cup 2006], from CricketArchive, retrieved 31 August 2006</ref> and featured in four more Championship matches, to bring his tally for the season to 30 wickets at a bowling average of 21.70, the lowest at the club,<ref>[https://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/ENG/Liverpool_Victoria_County_Championship_2006/Hampshire_Bowling.html Bowling for Hampshire – Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2006], from CricketArchive, retrieved 31 August 2006</ref> including a spell of six for 89 in a two-wicket loss to Warwickshire.<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/countycricket/engine/match/225053.html ESPNcricinfo – Hampshire v Warwickshire at Southampton, 16–19 Aug 2006], from ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 31 August 2006</ref>

After struggling with injury and form in 2009 at Hampshire, Tremlett left to join Surrey on a three-year contract. The pitches at the [[Rose Bowl (cricket ground)|Rose Bowl]] were not suited to Tremlett's bowling style, and it was felt that [[The Oval]] would be a more fruitful hunting ground. The end of the 2009 season saw a great deal of change in Surrey's squad, with nine players leaving; Tremlett was the fifth player to join the club before the start of the 2010 season.<ref>{{citation |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/surrey/8483248.stm |title=Chris Tremlett joins Surrey from Hampshire |publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 January 2010 |access-date=2012-02-15}}</ref> Tremlett was selected by the MCC to play against Durham, the champion county, in March 2010 but was withdrawn on the insistence of Surrey manager [[Chris Adams (cricketer)|Chris Adams]] to minimise the risk of injury early in Surrey's season.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/countycricket2010/content/story/453072.html |title=Lewis, Murtagh and Cosker called up by MCC |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=23 March 2010 |access-date=2012-02-15}}</ref>

==Test career==
After cutting down his run up and increasing his pace through work with Hampshire teammates [[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 cricket team|England Lions]] against India in their final warm up game before the first Test and finally made his Test début at Lords against India on 19 July 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 took 4 wickets and during his second match, he took 3 wickets in each innings, and finished with figures of 3/12 as India cruised to a 7-wicket victory needing just 73 to win.

[[File:Ashes 2010-11 Sydney Test final wicket.jpg|thumb|left|Chris Tremlett bowls [[Michael Beer (cricketer)|Michael Beer]] to complete England's 3–1 victory in the [[2010–11 Ashes series|2010–11 Ashes]]]]
He was selected for the squad for the 2010 Ashes tour to Australia. He was not selected to play in either of the first two tests, but in the first day of the third test, held at Perth, he took 3 wickets for 63 runs, troubling the Australian top order with the steepling bounce allowed for by the [[WACA surface]]. He followed that up with 5 for 87 in the Australian second innings. On the first day of the fourth test, the Boxing Day Test held at the [[MCG]], he took 4 for 26 as England skittled Australia out for 98 runs. He took the last wicket in the last test, and with it, England won the series.

During the summer of 2011, in the third match against Sri Lanka, he took his best Test figures of 6/48 as England bowled out Sri Lanka for 184. With 15 dismissals, Tremlett finished as the leading wicket-taker in the series on either side.<ref>{{citation |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6109;type=series |title=Records / Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2011 / Most wickets |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2011-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810042143/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6109%3Btype%3Dseries |archive-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> India [[Indian cricket team in England in 2011|toured in July]] for four Tests, five ODIs, and a T20I. Selected for the opening match of the Test series, Tremlett took 4/124 in England's victory, extracting bounce from the Lord's pitch to trouble the Indian batsmen. However, he was hampered by injury with a hamstring problem on the fourth day of the first Test and a back spasm during pre-match training ahead of the second Test.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2011/content/story/525099.html |title=England sweat on Tremlett fitness |first=Andrew |last=McGlashan |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=28 July 2011 |access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2011/content/current/story/526735.html |title=Tremlett ruled out of third Test |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=9 August 2011 |access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref> The back injury prevented Tremlett from playing any further part in the series.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/531223.html |title=Not sure KP would get in team – Adams |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |first=Andrew |last=McGlashan |date=4 September 2011 |access-date=2011-09-13}}</ref> In September, for the first time Tremlett was awarded one of 13 central contracts with the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] (ECB) until September 2012.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/14899602 |title=Tim Bresnan, Eoin Morgan and Chris Tremlett given ECB contracts |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=2011-09-13}}</ref>

After testing his fitness in November 2011,<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-v-england-2012/content/story/541890.html |title=Tremlett fighting back to fitness |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=24 November 2011 |access-date=2012-01-25}}</ref> he was included in England's squad to play Pakistan in the UAE in the following January. While Tremlett was absent through injury, [[Tim Bresnan]] established himself in the team and Tremlett was left competing with [[Steven Finn]] for a place in the team.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-v-england-2012/content/story/548081.html |title=Bell prepared for batting demotion |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |first=George |last=Dobell |date=4 January 2012 |access-date=2012-01-25}}</ref> Bresnan suffered an injury and Tremlett was selected in his place for the first Test.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-v-england-2012/content/story/548847.html |title=England assess bowling options |first=Andrew |last=McGlashan |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=10 January 2012 |access-date=2012-01-25}}</ref> However, a back injury ended his tour before the second Test.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/16713934 |title=Chris Tremlett out of England series against Pakistan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 January 2012 |access-date=2012-01-25}}</ref> Examinations revealed the problem was a bulging disc and in February Tremlett underwent surgery.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/16962061 |title=Surrey and England bowler Chris Tremlett undergoes back surgery |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=9 February 2012 |access-date=2012-02-09}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=21650}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182838/http://www.world-a-team.net/content/view/97/28/ Interview by www.world-a-team.net with Chris Tremlett]
* {{Twitter|ChrisTremlett33 |Chris Tremlett }}

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