A premature end

1993
Makes his first-class debut for Somerset aged 17.

1994
Cracks his first fifty (81) against Hampshire and follows that up with his maiden first-class hundred against Surrey (121).

1996, 1997
Denis Compton Award for "most promising young player".

1998
Duncan Fletcher, the Glamorgan coach and soon-to-be England's, watches Trescothick smack 167 on a slippery Taunton pitch. The next highest score in the match was 50.

July 8, 2000
Makes his ODI debut against Zimbabwe, stroking 79 in a losing cause.

August 3, 2000
His Test debut against West Indies at Old Trafford. Like a duck to water, he scores 66 and an unbeaten 38.

February 24, 2001
Hits his maiden Test hundred against Sri Lanka in Galle, a fine innings of immense concentration in sapping heat, though England still lost.

June 12, 2001
Launches 137 from just 142 balls against Pakistan in the NatWest Series, again in vain.

May 2002
Hits 161 in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston. England win by an innings and 111 runs.

June 20, 2003
Gained revenge against Pakistan, battering 86 from 55 to lead England to a win.

2005
Spearheaded a no-holds-barred approach against Australia with 431 runs and a top score of 90, as he - and England - finally reclaim the Ashes.

Later that year Trescothick scores 193 in a lost cause against Pakistan in Multan.

February 2006
The beginning of the end. Word is out that Trescothick will fly home before England's Test series against India for 'personal' reasons.

April 2006
Makes himself available to play for Somerset throughout the first weeks of the season, as he seeks to put his winter problems behind him and regain his England place ahead of the first Test against Sri Lanka in May. Marches into form with a breathtaking assault on Kent.

May 2006
Signals his return to international cricket with a robust first-day century against Sri Lanka at Lord's, his 14th in all.

September 2006
England's Champions Trophy preparations, already weakened by injuries, receive another blow with news that Trescothick will miss the tournament after receiving specialist medical advice.

November 2006
A troubled Trescothick flies home from Australia with a reoccurrence of his "stress-related illness" and plays no part in the Ashes.

March 2007
Already ruled out of the World Cup in the World Cup in the Caribbean, Trescothick undergoes a double hernia operation to be fit for the start of the domestic season with Somerset.

July 2007
Despite an encouraging county season he declares himself unavailable for September's ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa as well as England's winter tours of Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

September 2007
Speaks out for the first time about the depressive illness which blighs his career and threatens to curtail it prematurely.

March 2008
Announces his retirement from international cricket.