5 Players who have a better T20I batting average than both Virat Kohli and Babar Azam

2. Marcus Trescothick – 55.33

Marcus Trescothick was easily England’s greatest batsman in limited-overs cricket until the mid-2010s. The opening batsman was quite consistent and also aggressive at the same time. He last played an international match in 2006, at the age of 30 itself as his career came to an end abruptly due to anxiety. Thus, the left-hander couldn’t play much T20I cricket as the format began only a year before his last international appearance.

However, he was a regular feature in England’s domestic T20 competition which he played until 2015. Trescothick scored 2365 runs from 89 T20 games at an impressive strike rate of 150.60 and also struck a 13-ball fifty. The left-handed batsman featured in a total of three T20I matches; all of them at home.

He made his debut in 2005 against Australia ahead of the home Ashes which was also England’s maiden T20I game. Trescothick scored a 37-ball 41 as England ended up winning the game by a 100-run margin.

Marcus Trescothick later played two T20Is in 2006 – against Sri Lanka and Pakistan respectively. He scored 72 from 58 balls against the Lankans but the home side lost the game by mere two runs. Marcus later scored a 36-ball 53 against the Pakistan team but it also ended up on the losing side. In total, Trescothick scored 166 runs in the three innings at an average of 55.33 that too at a strike rate of 126.71.