Timothy Maurice Tremlett (born 26 July 1956) is a former English

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er and current director of cricket of

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. He is the father of

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Chris Tremlett Christopher Timothy Tremlett (born 2 September 1981) is a former English cricketer who played international cricket for England and domestically for Hampshire and Surrey. He was a tall fast-medium bowler able to extract bounce on most surfaces ...

who also played for Hampshire and later,

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. Tremlett was an all-rounder, a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, who had a first-class bowling average of 23.99 and a one-day average of 24.69. He played from 1976 until 1991, and helped Hampshire win the Sunday League title in 1978 and 1986. Tremlett was part of an England 'B' tour to Sri Lanka in 1985-6, and an "English Counties XI" tour of Zimbabwe in 1984-5, both captained by his county captain

Mark Nicholas Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas (born 29 September 1957) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer and broadcaster. He played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995, captaining them from 1985 to his retirement. Nicholas was born in Westmi ...

. Tremlett's father,

Maurice Tremlett Maurice Fletcher Tremlett (5 July 1923 – 30 July 1984) was an English cricketer, who played for Somerset, Central Districts and England. For a couple of years in the late 1940s, Tremlett looked as though he might be the answer to some of Engl ...

, played county cricket for

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and appeared in three Test matches for England.

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