Lon­don - Crick­et star Mar­cus Trescoth­ick has been promised a whop­ping bonus if he can achieve one of crick­et's most elu­sive feats. The cur­rent Som­er­set and for­mer Eng­land bats­man will be giv­en the huge pay-out if he can smash a ball over the his­toric Pavil­ion at Lord's in any 20- or 40-over game at the home of crick­et.On­ly once has some­body man­aged to clear the Pavil­ion with a shot and that was way back in 1899 when Aus­tralian Al­bert Trott cleared the 50-foot build­ing while play­ing for the Maryle­bone Crick­et Club.

How­ev­er, West In­dies bats­man Kieron Pol­lard came might­i­ly close to re­peat­ing the feat last sum­mer, prov­ing that it is not an im­pos­si­ble achieve­ment.Now the in­ven­tors of the Mon­goose bat � a new long han­dled bat that has been es­pe­cial­ly de­signed for the short form of the game - have of­fered Trescoth­ick the huge in­cen­tive to try and re­peat his­to­ry. "At­tempt­ing to hit the ball over the Pavil­ion will be a chal­lenge and I have no idea whether I can achieve that un­til I try the bat," the Som­er­set cap­tain told The Sun. "I saw Pol­lard's mas­sive shot at Lord's last sum­mer. It is on­ly a mat­ter of time un­til some­one else clears the Pavil­ion."

(Eu­rosport)