Mistaken identity
The photographers amassed at Heathrow airport to try and snap a picture of Marcus Trescothick arriving back in England following his depature from the Ashes tour
Andrew McGlashan
25-Feb-2013
The photographers amassed at Heathrow airport to try and snap a picture of Marcus Trescothick arriving back in England following his depature from the Ashes tour. They were looking for a man in a brown jacket with a blue shirt and sure enough he walked through the arrivals door and the flash blubs started going. Only, it wasn't the man they wanted. The Times has spoken to Justin O'Sullivan, the man who has had his 15 minutes of fame.
“Those pictures have gone around the world,” O’Sullivan said. “I got calls from Australia and even India. My family and friends have had a great time making fun of it. I realised they were taking pictures when I got off, but I thought they were of someone behind me.”
Meanwhile Mark Lathwell, the former Somerset opening batsman who played two Tests for England during the 1993 Ashes series, has spoken of his sympathy for Trescothick. The two started their careers together at Taunton before Lathwell retired in 2001.
Lathwell has lost touch with Trescothick, as he has with everybody in the first-class game — “there is no point in clinging on to something that is not yours” — but he will be contacting Somerset for Trescothick’s phone number to express his sympathy.
Andrew McGlashan is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo