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21 JOIN OUR MAILING LIST FOR ALL THE LATEST: TRENTBRIDGE.CO.UK/MAILINGLIST PETER TREGO boundary rope that you see these days simply wouldn’t have happened 15 years ago, and that is down to the athleticism within a cricket squad now. “When you turned up for pre-season years ago, you’d always see a few beer bellies wobbling around, whereas now everyone looks like an athlete.” Reading between the lines, you’d conclude that Trego thinks the game’s tilt towards professionalism has been a good thing for the sport. But for the player? “I’m a big believer that the social side of the game from years ago doesn’t have to disappear,” he says. “If you put in the hard yards, then you earn the right to have a beer with your